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Translingual

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min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function
  2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
  3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minute.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minute.
    Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Etymology 2

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From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

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Adjective

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min

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
    • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
      The more and the minne
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).

Noun

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min (plural mins)

  1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
    • 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:
      […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]

Etymology 4

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From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Verb

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min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to remember
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minimum.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
    Antonym: max
    He's gotta be at least 60, min!
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Translations
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Anagrams

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Arigidi

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Pronoun

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min

  1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

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  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

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min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

  1. to move
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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronoun

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min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic мин
Abjad مین
Azerbaijani numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 1,000
    Cardinal: min
    Ordinal: mininci

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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min

  1. thousand

Declension

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    Declension of min
singular plural
nominative min
 minlər
definite accusative mini
 minləri
dative minə
 minlərə
locative mində
 minlərdə
ablative mindən
 minlərdən
definite genitive minin
 minlərin
    Possessive forms of min
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minim minlərim
sənin (“your”) minin minlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) mini minləri
bizim (“our”) minimiz minlərimiz
sizin (“your”) mininiz minləriniz
onların (“their”) mini or minləri minləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimi minlərimi
sənin (“your”) minini minlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) minini minlərini
bizim (“our”) minimizi minlərimizi
sizin (“your”) mininizi minlərinizi
onların (“their”) minini or minlərini minlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimə minlərimə
sənin (“your”) mininə minlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) mininə minlərinə
bizim (“our”) minimizə minlərimizə
sizin (“your”) mininizə minlərinizə
onların (“their”) mininə or minlərinə minlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimdə minlərimdə
sənin (“your”) minində minlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) minində minlərində
bizim (“our”) minimizdə minlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) mininizdə minlərinizdə
onların (“their”) minində or minlərində minlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimdən minlərimdən
sənin (“your”) minindən minlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) minindən minlərindən
bizim (“our”) minimizdən minlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) mininizdən minlərinizdən
onların (“their”) minindən or minlərindən minlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimin minlərimin
sənin (“your”) mininin minlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) mininin minlərinin
bizim (“our”) minimizin minlərimizin
sizin (“your”) mininizin minlərinizin
onların (“their”) mininin or minlərinin minlərinin

Basque

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Basque *biN.[1]

Adjective

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min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

  1. spicy, hot, bitter
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense
Declension
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Declension of min (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive anim. minengan minarengan minengan
inanim. minetan minean minetan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. minetako mineko minetako
allative anim. minengana minarengana minengana
inanim. minetara minera minetara
terminative anim. minenganaino minarenganaino minenganaino
inanim. minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive anim. minenganantz minarenganantz minenganantz
inanim. minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative anim. minenganako minarenganako minenganako
inanim. minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative anim. minengandik minarengandik minengandik
inanim. minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik — —
prolative mintzat — —

Noun

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min inan

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia, longing
  4. desire, wish
Declension
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Declension of min (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive minetan minean minetan
locative minetako mineko minetako
allative minetara minera minetara
terminative minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik — —
prolative mintzat — —
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Basque *bini.

Noun

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min inan

  1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

References

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  1. ^ “min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • “min”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “min”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

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Etymology

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From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

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min

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)
    A min ― A-

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min f (singulative minen)

  1. kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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min (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. defect, fault

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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min

  1. Abbreviation of minimal.
    Alternative form: min.

Noun

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min

  1. Abbreviation of minut.
  2. Abbreviation of minimum.
    Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

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min (neuter mit, plural mine)

  1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
  2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

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Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Domari

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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min

  1. from

References

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  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎[2], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

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min

  1. minus
    Synonym: minus
Descendants
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  • → Papiamentu: men

Adjective

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min

  1. (obsolete) comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer
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Adjective

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min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

  1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
  2. opprobrious, unpleasant

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch min, minne, from Old Dutch minna, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Old Frisian minne, Old Saxon minnia, Old High German minna (German Minne).

Noun

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min f (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) love
    Synonym: liefde
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

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min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. wetnurse
  2. maid, especially a nursemaid
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Descendants
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Etymology 4

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A contraction of mannin (“woman”).

Noun

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min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. woman
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Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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min

  1. inflection of minnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.

Preposition

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min

  1. with

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. accusative of mi
    Li batis min! ― He hit me!
  2. myself
    Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

Finnish

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Noun

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min

  1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

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Franco-Provençal

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin meum. Doublet of mon (possessive determiner).

Pronoun

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min (feminine singular mina, masculine plural mins, feminine plural mines) (ORB, broad)

  1. mine (first-person singular possessor)

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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
singular nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person jo mè min
2nd person te tè tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
3rd person feminine el la lyé
3rd person neuter o y —
3rd person reflexive — sè
plural nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
3rd person feminine els les lor / lyés
3rd person reflexive — sè
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. 2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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  • mien in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • min in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Fula

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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min

  1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me
Usage notes
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Dialectal variants

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  • miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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min

  1. (Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us
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References

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Galician

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Pronoun

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min

  1. oblique of eu

Guayabero

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Noun

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min

  1. water

References

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  • Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (min); contrast Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149, which has minta

Hungarian

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Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Etymology

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mi (“what”) +‎ -n

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. superessive singular of mi
    Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

Ido

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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min

  1. less
    Antonym: plu

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch min, from Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.[1]

Adjective

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min

  1. apocopic form of minus

Etymology 2

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Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch munt, from Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.[1]

Noun

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min (plural min-min, first-person possessive minku, second-person possessive minmu, third-person possessive minnya)

  1. mint:
    1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
    2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
    3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
    4. A green colour, like that of mint.
      min:  
    5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mi-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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min

  1. (+ sen) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; the ...
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Noun

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min f (genitive singular mine)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter
Declension
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Declension of min (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative min
vocative a mhin
genitive mine
dative min
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhin
genitive na mine
dative leis an min
don mhin
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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min

  1. inflection of mion:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
min mhin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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min

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

Kwanka

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Noun

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min

  1. water

Further reading

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Latvian

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Verb

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min

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of minēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of minēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of minēt

Verb

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min

  1. inflection of mīt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mīt

Livonian

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Pronoun

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min

  1. genitive/dative singular of minā

Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German min (myn).

Pronoun

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min

  1. my (mine)
    • 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, page 319:
      Iß't (dacht he) mynes Vaaders Ernst: so kann ick, up de lezt, doch noch doohn, wat ick will. Iß't syn Spaas: so süht he doch, datt ick em gehorsaam bin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Neuter Singular Plural of all Genders
Nominative min mine
min'
min		 min mine
min
Genitive mines (uncommon) mines (uncommon)
Dative minen miner (less common)
mine
min		 minen
min		 mine
min
Accusative minen mine
min'
min		 min mine
min'
min

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Maia

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Noun

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min

  1. comb

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَن (man), dialectal Arabic مِين (mīn).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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min

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From Cantonese 麵／面 (min6).

Noun

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min

  1. noodle

References

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. less
    Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

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Adverb

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min

  1. less, to a smaller degree
    Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

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min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

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  • English: mine (determiner)
  • Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

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min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

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  • English: mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

See also

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Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner

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mîn

  1. my, mine

Descendants

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North Frisian

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Determiner

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min

  1. (Sylt) my (first-person singular possessive determiner)
  2. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of man (“my”)

Pronoun

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min (plural (Sylt) minen)

  1. (Sylt) mine (first-person singular possessive pronoun)
  2. (Föhr-Amrum) feminine/neuter of man (“mine”)
  3. (Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of man (“mine”)

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Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine referent feminine / neuter referent plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi man min minen
2nd dü – di dan din dinen
3rd m. hi 'r ham 'n san sin sinen
3rd f. / n. hat at, 't at, 't
plural 1st wi 'f üs üüs üüsen
üsens
2nd jam 'm jam jau jauen
jamens
3rd jo 's jo 's hör hören
hörens
notes The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.
Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooring dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine
referent 		feminine / neuter / plural
referent
full reduced full reduced
singular 1st ik 'k me man min
2nd dü – de dan din
3rd m. hi 'r ham 'n san sin
3rd f. jü 's har 's harn har
3rd n. hat et, 't ham et, 't san sin
plural 1st we üs üüsen üüs
2nd jam 'm jam jarnge
3rd ja 's ja, jam 's jare
notes The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.
Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case singular
referent 		plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi min minen
2nd dü – di din dinen
3rd m. hi 'r höm 'n sin sinen
3rd f. jü 's höör 's höör höören
3rd n. hat et, 't höm et, 't sin sinen
dual 1st wat unk unken
2nd at junk junken
3rd jat jam 's jaar jaaren
plural 1st wü üüs üüsen
2nd i juu juuen
3rd ja 's jam 's jaar jaaren
notes The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Northern Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

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mīn

  1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse minn.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine

See also

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    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse minn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Akin to English mine.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine
See also
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    Declension of min
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative min mi mitt
dative1 minom minne mino
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative mine mina2 mine, mi
dative1 minom
1: Rare or dialectal. 2: Unofficial today.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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min

  1. imperative of mina

References

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Inflection

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Declension of min — Strong only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīn mīn mīn
Accusative mīnin mīna mīn
Genitive mīnis mīnro mīnis
Dative mīnin mīnro mīnin
Instrumental mīnin mīnro mīnin
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīna mīna mīna
Accusative mīna mīna mīna
Genitive mīnro mīnro mīnro
Dative mīnon mīnon mīnon
Instrumental mīn- mīn- mīn-

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎[4]:
      Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
      I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
Declension
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Declension of mīn — Strong only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīn mīn mīn
Accusative mīnne mīne mīn
Genitive mīnes mīnre mīnes
Dative mīnum mīnre mīnum
Instrumental mīne mīnre mīne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīne mīna, mīne mīn
Accusative mīne mīna, mīne mīn
Genitive mīnra mīnra mīnra
Dative mīnum mīnum mīnum
Instrumental mīnum mīnum mīnum
Descendants
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  • Middle English: min

Pronoun

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mīn

  1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “younger”), 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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min

  1. small
Declension
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Declension of min — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative min min min
Accusative minne minne min
Genitive minnes minre minnes
Dative minnum minre minnum
Instrumental minne minre minne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minne minna, minne min
Accusative minne minna, minne min
Genitive minra minra minra
Dative minnum minnum minnum
Instrumental minnum minnum minnum
Declension of min — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minna minne minne
Accusative minnan minnan minne
Genitive minnan minnan minnan
Dative minnan minnan minnan
Instrumental minnan minnan minnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minnan minnan minnan
Accusative minnan minnan minnan
Genitive minra, minnena minra, minnena minra, minnena
Dative minnum minnum minnum
Instrumental minnum minnum minnum
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine
Inflection
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Old High German personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Singular First ih
(ihha, ihcha)		 mīn mir mih
Second dū dīn dir dih
Third Masculine er (her) (sīn) imu, imo inan, in
Feminine siu; sī, si ira (iru, iro) iru, iro sia
Neuter iz es, is imu, imo iz
Plural First wir unsēr uns unsih
Second ir iuwēr iu iuwih
Third Masculine sie iro im, in sie
Feminine sio iro im, in sio
Neuter siu iro im, in siu
Polite form Second   ir iuwēr iu iuwih
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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min

  1. less

References

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  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension

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Declension of mīn
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative mīn mīne mīn mīnu mīn mīne
accusative mīnana mīne mīn mīnu mīna mīne
genitive mīnes mīnarō mīnes mīnarō mīnaro mīnarō
dative mīnumu mīnum mīnumu mīnum mīnaro mīnum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative mīno mīnu mīna mīnu mīna mīnu
accusative mīnun mīnun mīna mīnun mīnun mīnun
genitive mīnun mīnonō mīnun mīnonō mīnun mīnonō
dative mīnun mīnum mīnun mīnum mīnun mīnum


Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: mīn
    • German Low German: mien

See also

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Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

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mīn

  1. my

Declension

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Declension of mīn (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mīn mīn mītt
accusative mīn mīna mītt
dative mīnum, mīnom mīni mīnu, mīno
genitive mīns mīnar mīns
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mīnir, mīne(r) mīnar mīn
accusative mīna mīnar mīn
dative mīnum, mīnom mīnum, mīnom mīnum, mīnom
genitive mīna mīna mīna

Picard

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Pronoun

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min m

  1. my

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: min

Noun

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min f

  1. genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: min

Noun

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min m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of minuto.
    1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.
      O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.
    2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

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  • This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
  • This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
  • The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
    • Example: 20h43min08s

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Cognates include West Frisian myn and German mein.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)

  1. my, mine

See also

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Saterland Frisian possessives
Possessive determiners
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
masculine min din sin hiere sin uus jou hiere
other mien dien sien sien
Possessive pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
masculine minnen dinnen sinnen hierens sinnen uzen jouens hierens
other mienen dienen sienen sienen

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “min”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō).[1] However, compare μάσσω (mássō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

  1. flour
    Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of min
radical lenition
min mhin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[5], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From Cantonese 麵／面 (min6).

Noun

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min

  1. noodle

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Sumerian

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Romanization

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min

  1. Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From minut.

Noun

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min

  1. min; minute

Etymology 2

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From minimum.

Noun

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min

  1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

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min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

  1. my
  2. mine
Declension
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Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from German Miene.

Noun

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min c

  1. a facial expression
    Synonym: ansiktsuttryck
Declension
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Declension of min
nominative genitive
singular indefinite min mins
definite minen minens
plural indefinite miner miners
definite minerna minernas
Derived terms
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See also
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References

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Anagrams

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Tatar

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Pronoun

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min

  1. I

Unami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min inan (plural mina)

  1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

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References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “min”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

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min • (綿, 㒙)

  1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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(classifier con) min

  1. (dialectal) gaur

Welsh

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Etymology

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According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”), see also English maw.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min m (plural minion)

  1. point, sharp edge
    Synonyms: ymyl, awch
  2. edge, border, brim
    Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl
  3. lip
    Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of min
radical soft nasal aspirate
min fin unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 197
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