min

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English and Latin minimum.

Symbol

min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function

Etymology 2

Clipping of English minute.

Symbol

min

  1. (metrology) minute (accepted for use with the International System of Units)

Etymology 3

Clipping of English and Minangkabau Minangkabau.

Symbol

min

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Minangkabau terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

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

Etymology 2

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).

Alternative forms

Adjective

min

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
    • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
      The more and the minne
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

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

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

Verb

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

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

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

Anagrams

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

Derived from English did.

Particle

min

  1. Marks the past tense.

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

  1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to move

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • mi
  • me (Eastern Asturias, accusative)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)
  2. (Eastern Asturias) me (dative)
  3. (Western Asturias) alternative form of me

Usage notes

  • In most of Eastern Asturias (Cuenca del Sella) there is a distinction between me (accusative) and mi (dative).
Garróme en casaIt caught me at home.
Garrómilo en casaHe caught me (for me) it at home

References

  • min”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “min”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

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

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [min]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

min

  1. thousand

Declension

Declension of min
singular plural
nominative minminlər
definite accusative miniminləri
dative minəminlərə
locative mindəminlərdə
ablative mindənminlərdən
definite genitive mininminlərin
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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /min/ [mĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: min

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *biN.[1]

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

  1. bitter, spicy
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense
Declension
Declension of min (adjective C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive min mina minak minok
ergative minek minak minek minok
dative mini minari minei minoi
genitive minen minaren minen minon
comitative minekin minarekin minekin minokin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik minongatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat minontzat
instrumental minez minaz minez minotaz
innesive anim. minengan minarengan minengan minongan
inan. minetan minean minetan minotan
locative anim.
inan. minetako mineko minetako minotako
allative anim. minengana minarengana minengana minongana
inan. minetara minera minetara minotara
terminative anim. minenganaino minarenganaino minenganaino minonganaino
inan. minetaraino mineraino minetaraino minotaraino
directive anim. minenganantz minarenganantz minenganantz minonganantz
inan. minetarantz minerantz minetarantz minotarantz
destinative anim. minenganako minarenganako minenganako minonganako
inan. minetarako minerako minetarako minotarako
ablative anim. minengandik minarengandik minengandik minongandik
inan. minetatik minetik minetatik minotatik
partitive minik
prolative mintzat

Noun

min inan

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia, longing
  4. desire, wish
Declension
Declension of min (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive min mina minak minok
ergative minek minak minek minok
dative mini minari minei minoi
genitive minen minaren minen minon
comitative minekin minarekin minekin minokin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik minongatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat minontzat
instrumental minez minaz minez minotaz
innesive minetan minean minetan minotan
locative minetako mineko minetako minotako
allative minetara minera minetara minotara
terminative minetaraino mineraino minetaraino minotaraino
directive minetarantz minerantz minetarantz minotarantz
destinative minetarako minerako minetarako minotarako
ablative minetatik minetik minetatik minotatik
partitive minik
prolative mintzat
Derived terms
  • maitemin (infatuation)
  • maitemindu (to fall in love)
  • min egin (to cause pain)
  • min eman (to cause pain)
  • min gorri (erysipelas)
  • min hartu (to hurt (oneself))
  • min hori (jaundice)
  • min izan (to be in pain)
  • minantz (tendency, illness)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *bini.

Noun

min inan

  1. (Biscayan) alternative form of mihi (tongue)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “min”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 289

Further reading

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

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

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

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɪn]

Etymology 1

    Possibly from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (bag, belly). Compare Welsh min.

    Noun

    min m (plural minow or minyow or minyon)

    1. edge
      Synonyms: amal, or
    2. mouth
      Synonym: ganow
    Derived terms
    • liw min, minliw (lipstick)
    • min fordh (roadside)
    • min poll (poolside)
    • mingow (dishonest, lying)
    • mingreft (make-up)
    • minhwarth (smile, noun)
    • minhwerthin (smile, verb)
    • minrew (grey-bearded)
    • minvlew (moustache)
    • minvlewen (whisker)

    Etymology 2

      From Old Cornish min, from Proto-Brythonic *mɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *mendos. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic meann, and Welsh myn.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      min (collective, singulative minen f)

      1. kids (young goats)
        Synonym: gevrigow

      Mutation

      Mutation of min
      unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
      min vin unchanged unchanged fin vin

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

      Crimean Tatar

      Noun

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

      1. defect, fault

      Danish

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/, [miːˀn]

      Adjective

      min

      1. abbreviation of minimal
        Alternative form: min.

      Noun

      min

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

      Pronoun

      min (neuter mit, plural mine)

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

      See also

      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 (uncommon) De Dem Deres
      Third masculine (person) han ham hans
      feminine (person) hun hende hendes
      common (noun) den dens
      neuter (noun) det dets
      indefinite man en ens
      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

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪn/

      Preposition

      min

      1. from

      References

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

      Dutch

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪn/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Hyphenation: min
      • Rhymes: -ɪn

      Etymology 1

      From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

      Preposition

      min

      1. minus
        Synonym: minus
        Antonym: plus

      Noun

      min c (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

      1. minus sign
        Synonyms: minus, minteken
      2. minus (disadvantage)
        Synonyms: minus, minpunt
        Antonym: plus
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Papiamentu: men

      Adjective

      min

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

      Adjective

      min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

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

      Etymology 2

      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

      min f (uncountable, no diminutive)

      1. (poetic) love
        Synonym: liefde
      Usage notes
      • The alternative form minne is used as a deliberate archaism in poetic and historical contexts (as in hoofse minne, which is far more common than hoofse min).
      Alternative forms
      Derived terms
      • hoofse minne
      • kunstmin
      • mingeneugt
      • mingenoot
      • mingenot
      • minnedicht
      • minnedorst
      • minnedrank
      • minnedrift
      • minnedronken
      • minnegloed
      • minnekeur
      • minnekoorts
      • minnekunst
      • minnelust
      • minnenood
      • minnepand
      • minnepijn
      • minneplegen
      • minnesmart
      • minnespel
      • minneverkeer
      • minnevonk
      • minnevuur
      • minnewee
      • minnewerk
      • minnewoede
      • minnezang
      • minzaam
      • minzucht
      • onmin

      Etymology 3

      From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

      Noun

      min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

      1. wetnurse
      2. maid, especially a nursemaid
      Descendants
      • Negerhollands: minnetje (from the diminutive)
      • Papiamentu: menchi, minnetsje, míntsje (from the diminutive)

      Etymology 4

      A contraction of mannin (woman).

      Noun

      min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

      1. woman
      Derived terms

      Etymology 5

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      min

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

      Elfdalian

      Etymology

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

      Preposition

      min

      1. with

      Esperanto

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /min/
      • Audio 1:(file)
      • Audio 2:(file)
      • Rhymes: -in
      • Syllabification: min

      Pronoun

      min

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

      See also

      Esperanto personal pronouns
      singular plural
      nominative accusative possessive nominative accusative possessive
      first person  mi  min  mia  ni  nin  nia
      second
      person
      formal  vi  vin  via  vi  vin  via
      familiar1  ci  cin  cia
      third
      person
      masculine  li  lin  lia
      feminine  ŝi  ŝin  ŝia
      neuter  ĝi  ĝin  ĝia
      gender-neutral2  ri
      ŝli
       rin
      ŝlin
       ria
      ŝlia
      reflexive  si  sin  sia  si  sin  sia
      indefinite  oni  onin  onia  oni  onin  onia

      1 The second-person familiar pronouns are rare.

      2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

      3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

      Finnish

      Noun

      min

      1. abbreviation of minuutti

      Anagrams

      Franco-Provençal

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

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

      Pronoun

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

      1. mine (first-person singular possessor)

      See also

      Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
      nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
      singular 1st person jo min
      2nd person te tin
      3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
      feminine el la lyé
      neuter o y
      reflexive
      plural 1st person nos noutro
      2nd person vos voutro
      3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
      feminine els les lor / lyés
      reflexive

      1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

      References

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

      Fula

      Etymology 1

      Pronoun

      min (Pular)

      1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

      Dialectal variants

      Etymology 2

      Pronoun

      min (Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde, Pulaar)

      1. first person plural exclusive;short form we, us
      See also

      Dialectal variants

      References

      Galician

      Pronoun

      min

      1. oblique of eu

      Guayabero

      Noun

      min

      1. water

      References

      • 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

      Etymology

      mi (what) +‎ -n

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈmin]

      Pronoun

      min

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

      See also

      Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
      case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal
      prefix
      category
      nominative ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
      az / -∅
      accusative -t / -ot /
      -at / -et / -öt
      kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
      azt / -∅
      c1
      c2
      dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
      instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
      evvel
      azzal/
      avval
      vele category
      causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte category
      translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá category
      terminative -ig meddig eddig addig category
      essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként category
      essive-modal -ul / -ül category
      inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne category
      superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
      adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála category
      illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
      sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- category
      allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
      elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle category
      delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla category
      ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle category

      1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
      Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

      Ido

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /min/

      Adverb

      min

      1. less
        Antonym: plu

      Indonesian

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

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

      Adjective

      min (comparative lebih min, superlative paling min)

      1. apocopic form of minus

      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

      min (plural min-min)

      1. mint (any plant in the family Lamiaceae)
      2. mint (the flavouring of the plant)
      3. mint (a green colour, like that of mint)
        min:  
      4. mint (mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath)

      References

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

      Further reading

      Ingrian

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      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) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], 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

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

      Irish

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Middle Irish min, from Old Irish men (flour),[3] from Proto-Celtic *menā.

      Noun

      min f (genitive singular mine)

      1. meal
      2. powdered matter
      Declension
      Declension of min (second declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative min
      vocative a mhin
      genitive mine
      dative min
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an mhin
      genitive na mine
      dative leis an min
      don mhin
      Derived terms
      • brachán mine buí m (polenta)
      • brachán mine coirce m (oatmeal porridge)
      • céad mine m (a hundredweight of meal)
      • ceirín mine rois m (linseed-meal poultice)
      • gairbhseach mine f (coarsely ground meal)
      • mealdar mine m (quantity of meal from grinding)
      • min bhuí f (corn meal)
      • min chairde f (flour obtained on credit)
      • min chaiscín f (whole meal)
      • min chalóg f (flake-meal)
      • min choirce f (oatmeal)
      • min gharbh f (coarse meal)
      • min loiscreáin f (meal made from singed and ground oats)
      • min rabh f (tiny bits, small fragments)
      • min sáibh f (sawdust)
      • min tíortha f (meal made from singed oats)
      • mornán mine m (a measure of meal)
      • rascalach mine m (coarse meal)

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Adjective

      min

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

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of min
      radical lenition eclipsis
      min mhin not applicable

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

      References

      1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages 67126
      2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 99, page 39
      3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “min”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “min”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “min”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • min”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Japanese

      Romanization

      min

      1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

      Kwanka

      Noun

      min

      1. water

      Further reading

      Latvian

      Verb

      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

      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

      Pronoun

      mi’n

      1. genitive/dative singular of minā

      Low German

      Alternative forms

      • mien, myn, miin, mihn
      • meyn, mäin (Westphalian: Sauerländisch)
      • muin (Westphalian: Ravensbergisch, in Soest)
      • müin, muin (Westphalian: Lippisch)
      • moin (Eastphalian)
      • mäin (Eastphalian)

      Etymology

      From Middle Low German min (myn).

      Pronoun

      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

      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

      See also

      Maia

      Noun

      min

      1. comb

      Malay

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [min]
      • Rhymes: -in
      • Hyphenation: min

      Etymology 1

      Borrowed from English mean.

      Noun

      min (Jawi spelling مين, plural min-min or min2)

      1. mean (average of a group of numbers)

      See also

      Etymology 2

      Clipping of English admin.

      Noun

      min (Jawi spelling مين, plural min-min or min2)

      1. (Internet slang) admin
        Synonym: pentadbir (uncommon)

      Further reading

      • "min" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

      Maltese

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/
      • Rhymes: -iːn

      Pronoun

      min

      1. (interrogative) who

      Derived terms

      Mandarin

      Romanization

      min

      1. nonstandard spelling of mín
      2. nonstandard spelling of mǐn

      Usage notes

      • 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.

      Middle Dutch

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪn/

      Pronoun

      min

      1. less
        Antonym: mêe

      Alternative forms

      Adverb

      min

      1. less, to a smaller degree
        Antonym: mêe

      Alternative forms

      Further reading

      • min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
      • min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
      • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

      Middle English

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      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

      • IPA(key): /miːn/
      • Rhymes: -iːn

      Determiner

      min (nominative I)

      1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

      Usage notes

      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

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

      Pronoun

      min (nominative I)

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

      Descendants

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

      See also

      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
      1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
      2 Early or dialectal.
      3 Dual 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.
      4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

      References

      Middle High German

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmiːn/

      Determiner

      mīn

      1. my, mine

      Descendants

      North Frisian

      Determiner

      min

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

      Pronoun

      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)

      See also

      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 di dan din dinen
      3rd m hi 'r ham 'n san sin sinen
      f or 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
      • The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. 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  / 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 de dan din
      3rd m hi 'r ham 'n san sin
      f 's har 's harn har
      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

      The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. 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 di din dinen
      3rd m hi 'r höm 'n sin sinen
      f 's höör 's höör höören
      n hat et, 't höm et, 't sin sinen
      dual 1st wat unk unk unken
      2nd at junk junk junken
      3rd jat jam 's jaar jaaren
      plural 1st üüs üüs üüsen
      2nd i juu juu juuen
      3rd ja 's jam 's jaar jaaren
      • The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. 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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [mɪn]

      Pronoun

      min

      1. I
      2. me
      3. my, mine

      Northern Sami

      Pronunciation

      • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiːn/

      Pronoun

      mīn

      1. accusative/genitive of mii (we)

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      From Old Norse minn.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/, /mɪn/
      • Audio:(file)

      Determiner

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

      1. my, mine

      See also

      Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns
      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

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪnː/

      Determiner

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

      1. my, mine
      See also
      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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/

      Verb

      min

      1. imperative of mina

      References

      Old Dutch

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

      Determiner

      mīn

      1. my
      2. mine

      Inflection

      Declension of min
      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

      Further reading

      • mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

      Old English

      Etymology 1

      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

      • IPA(key): /miːn/

      Determiner

      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
      Descendants
      • Middle English: min

      Pronoun

      mīn

      1. genitive of : mine, of me

      Etymology 2

      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

      • IPA(key): /min/

      Adjective

      min

      1. small
      Declension
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Old Frisian

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

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

      Determiner

      mīn

      1. my

      Declension

      Descendants

      • North Frisian: man
      • Saterland Frisian: min, mien
      • West Frisian: myn

      Pronoun

      mīn

      1. genitive of ik: mine, of me

      Declension

      Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
      nominative accusative dative genitive
      singular 1st person ik mīn
      2nd person thū thī thī thīn
      3rd
      person
      m hine him sīn
      f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
      n hit hit him sīn
      plural 1st person ūs ūs ūser
      2nd person , , jūwer
      3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

      Old High German

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/

      Pronoun

      mīn

      1. my
      2. mine
      Inflection
      Old High German personal pronouns
      nominative genitive dative accusative
      singular first person ih
      (ihha, ihcha)
      mīn mir mih
      second person dīn dir dih
      third
      person
      m er (her) (sīn) imu, imo inan, in
      f siu; , si ira (iru, iro) iru, iro sia
      n iz es, is imu, imo iz
      plural first person wir unsēr uns unsih
      second person1 ir iuwēr iu iuwih
      third
      person
      n sie iro im, in sie
      f sio sio
      n siu siu

      1 Also polite singular form

      Descendants

      Etymology 2

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

      Adverb

      min

      1. less

      References

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

      Old Irish

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Celtic *menus, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (small).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈmʲin/ (masculine nominative/accusative/dative singular, feminine nominative/vocative singular, neuter nominative/vocative/accusative/dative singular, all genders genitive plural)
      • IPA(key): /ˈmʲinʲ/ (masculine vocative/genitive singular, feminine accusative/dative singular, neuter genitive singular, masculine nominative plural)

      Adjective

      min (comparative miniu)

      1. minute, small
      Declension
      o/ā-stem
      singular masculine feminine neuter
      nominative min min min
      vocative min
      accusative min min
      genitive min mine min
      dative min min min
      plural masculine feminine/neuter
      nominative min mina
      vocative minu
      mina
      accusative minu
      mina
      genitive min
      dative minaib

      † not when substantivized

      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈmʲinʲ/

      Noun

      min

      1. dative/accusative singular of men

      Mutation

      Mutation of min
      radical lenition nasalization
      min
      also mmin in h-prothesis environments
      min
      pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/
      min
      also mmin

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

      Old Saxon

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

      Determiner

      mīn

      1. my
      2. mine

      Declension

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

      Descendants

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

      See also

      Old Saxon personal pronouns
      nominative accusative dative genitive
      singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
      2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
      3rd
      person
      m ina imu is
      f siu sia iru ira
      n it it is
      dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
      2nd person git ink inker, inka
      plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
      2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
      3rd
      person
      m sia im iro
      f sia
      n siu

      Old Swedish

      Etymology

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

      Pronoun

      mīn

      1. my

      Declension

      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

      Pronoun

      min m

      1. my

      Polish

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      min f

      1. genitive plural of mina

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: min

      Etymology 1

      Noun

      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 20h30minThe event is today at 8:30 p.m.
        2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
          O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45sThe athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds
      Usage notes
      • 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

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      min m (uncountable)

      1. Min

      Etymology 3

      Misspelling

      min

      1. (Brazil) misspelling of mim (me)

      Further reading

      Saterland Frisian

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪn/

      Determiner

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

      1. my, mine

      See also

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

      References

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

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old Irish men (flour), from Proto-Celtic *menā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (to trample, tread).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /min/

      Noun

      min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

      1. flour
        Synonym: flùr

      Usage notes

      Derived terms

      Mutation

      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.

      Further reading

      • Edward Dwelly (1911), “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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

      Etymology

      From Cantonese  / (min6).

      Noun

      min

      1. noodle

      References

      • D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

      Sumerian

      Romanization

      min

      1. romanization of 𒈫 (min)

      Swedish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/
      • Rhymes: -iːn

      Etymology 1

      From minut.

      Noun

      min

      1. min; minute

      Etymology 2

      From minimum.

      Noun

      min

      1. min; minimum

      Etymology 3

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɪn/

      Pronoun

      min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

      1. my
        Hon är min syster
        She is my sister
        Min bil är snabb
        My car is fast
        Min pappa kan spöa din pappa
        My dad can beat up your dad
      2. mine
        Den är min, inte din
        It is mine, not yours
        Din båt är snabbare än min
        Your boat is faster than mine
      Declension
      Swedish personal pronouns
      Number Person 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

      Borrowed from German Miene.

      Noun

      min c

      1. a facial expression, a face
        Synonym: ansiktsuttryck
        sång och dans och glada miner
        song and dance and happy faces [facial expressions]
      Declension
      Derived terms
      See also

      References

      Anagrams

      Tatar

      Pronoun

      min

      1. I

      Unami

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (berry).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /min/

      Noun

      min inan (plural mina)

      1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

      Derived terms

      • minhe
      • minuu

      References

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

      Vietnamese

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronoun

      min • (綿, )

      1. (archaic, literary) I; me

      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

      (classifier con) min

      1. (dialectal) gaur

      Welsh

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /miːn/

      Noun

      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

      • bod ar fin (to be on the point (of); to have an erection)
      • min nos, min hwyr (twilight)
      • minio (to sharpen, to whet)
      • miniog (sharp, keen)
      • minlliw (lipstick)

      Mutation

      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

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

      Further reading

      • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “brim”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[5], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
      • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “edge”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[6], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
      • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “lip”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[7], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
      • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “point”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[8], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
      • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “min”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
      • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “min”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies