lyn

See also: Lyn

English

Etymology

See lin.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪn

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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Middle English

Noun

lyn (uncountable)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of lyne

References

• “lin, (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

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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

• lynkrig
• lynrask

References

• “lyn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

• lynkrig
• lynrask

References

• “lyn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scanian

Pronunciation

• Template:ipa

Noun

lyn n

1. lightning

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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.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glyn	lyn	nglyn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyn	lyn	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West Frisian

Adverb

1. ago

   twa jier lyn - two years ago