lyn

See also: Lyn

English

Etymology

See lin.

Noun

lyn (plural lyns)

1. (Scotland) A waterfall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lyn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Danish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /lyːn/, [lyːˀn]

Noun

lyn n (singular definite lynet, plural indefinite lyn)

1. lightning

Inflection

Declension of lyn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyn	lynet	lyn	lynene
genitive	lyns	lynets	lyns	lynenes

Verb

lyn

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of lyne

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna or lynene)

1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

• lynrask

References

• “lyn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna)

1. (a flash of) lightning

References

• “lyn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /lɨ̞n/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /lɪn/

Noun

lyn

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Soft mutation of glyn.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Soft mutation of llyn.

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West Frisian

Adverb

1. ago

   twa jier lyn - two years ago