different between dyb vs dym

English

Alternative forms

• dib

Etymology

Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
   • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)

     I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, cognate with English deep and German tief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?y?b?]

Adjective

dyb (neuter dybt, plural and definite singular attributive dybe)

1. deep
2. profound

Inflection

Noun

dyb n (singular definite dybet, plural indefinite dyb)

1. deep, depth
2. abyss

Inflection

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/

Verb

dyb

1. second-person singular imperative of dyba?

English

Etymology

Corruption of the word dumb.

Adjective

dym (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) dumb, stupid

Phrase

dym

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.
2. (Internet slang) Initialism of do you mind.
3. (Internet slang) Initialism of do/did you mean.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?m/

Noun

dym

1. smoke

Declension

References

• dym in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• dym in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?m/

Noun

dym m inan (diminutive dymek)

1. smoke
2. (colloquial, singular only) stir, commotion

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zamieszanie

Declension

Related terms

• dymi?
• dymny
• dymowy

Further reading

• dym in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dym in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dym m (Cyrillic spelling ?y?)

1. Obsolete spelling of dim

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *d??mas, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dim/

Noun

dym m (genitive singular dymu, nominative plural dymy, genitive plural dymov, declension pattern of dub)

1. smoke

Declension

Further reading

• dym in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dym?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”).

Noun

dym

1. smoke