nyn

== Translingual == === Symbol === nyn (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Nyankole. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyankole terms == Manx == === Etymology === Compare East Ulster Irish nár (“our”), also standard Irish inár (“in our”), both of which cause eclipsis. === Pronoun === nyn (possessive) our, belonging to us. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural/formal). (possessive) their, belonging to them. in our/your/their Va shin nyn baitçhyn. ― We were children. (literally, “We were in our children.”) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === niȝen, nin, nine, nyen niwon (Early Middle English); niȝhenn (Ormulum) neghen, neȝen, neyen, neyn, neyne (especially Northern, North Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *nigun, variant of *neun, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniːn/, (Early Middle English) /ˈniɣən/ IPA(key): (earlier) /nei̯n/, /ˈneːɣən/, (later) /neːn/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ̞ːɣən/ (Kent, from Kentish Old English *neogon) === Numeral === nyn (postpositive nyne, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) nye) nine ==== Usage notes ==== Like with fyf, the postpositive form is frequently generalised in all contexts. ==== Related terms ==== nyntene nynthe nynty ==== Descendants ==== English: nine Ottawa Valley: nein Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne Yola: neen ==== References ==== == Scots == === Numeral === nyn alternative form of nine === References === “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Vilamovian == === Pronunciation === === Verb === nyn to sew to stitch ==== Related terms ==== nyt, gynyt