syne

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saɪn/ Homophone: sign, sine IPA(key): (Scotland) /səin/ Homophones: Seine, sane, sain, Rhymes: -aɪn === Adverb === syne (not comparable) (Scotland, Northern England) Subsequently; then. [from 14th c.] (Scotland, Northern England, chiefly in phrases like "soon as syne") Late. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace) [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne. (Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago. [from 16th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (subsequently): ensuingly, followingly; see also Thesaurus:then === Preposition === syne (Scotland, Northern England) Since. === See also === auld lang syne === References === === Anagrams === nyes, Nyes, syen, neys, NYSE, snye, yens, Neys == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch (de/het) zijne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsəinə/ === Pronoun === syne his (that or those of him) == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse sýna (“show”), derived from the noun sjón (“sight”), see Danish syn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsyːnə] === Verb === syne to inspect (a car or other vehicle to determine whether it is fit for use) to examine, appraise (intransitive) to look, appear (seem to have a certain quality) (intransitive) be visible ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === syne n genitive form of syn komme til syne - to come into view === Verb === syne (present tense syner, past tense and past participle synet) to appear, to become visible == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === syne n kome til syne - to come into view === Verb === syne (present tense syner, past tense synte, past participle synt, passive infinitive synast, present participle synande, imperative syn) alternative form of syna === References === “syne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sīn, northern form of sithen, from Old English siþþan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səin/ === Adverb === syne (not comparable) afterwards, thereupon thus, hence since, ago ==== Derived terms ==== lang syne === References === “syn, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 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. “syne, adv., n.1, conj., prep.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Noun === syne c (archaic outside of fixed expressions) archaic spelling of syn ==== Derived terms ==== se i syne till synes === References === “syne”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)