different between lyn vs ayn

English

Etymology

See linn.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

lyn (plural lyns)

1. Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”)

References

• lyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lyn, ultimately from the root of lys (“light, bright”) (Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?n/, [ly??n]

Noun

lyn n (singular definite lynet, plural indefinite lyn)

1. lightning

Inflection

Verb

lyn

1. imperative of lyne

Further reading

• “lyn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyn (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lyne

Etymology 2

Noun

lyn

1. Alternative form of lynde

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

• lynkrig
• lynnedslag
• lynrask

References

• “lyn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ljon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?n/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

• lynkrig
• lynnedslag
• lynrask

References

• “lyn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse lyn, ultimately from the root of lys (“light, bright”) (Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???n /

Noun

lyn n

1. lightning

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /l??n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /l?n/

Noun

lyn

1. Soft mutation of glyn.

Mutation

Noun

lyn

1. Soft mutation of llyn.

Mutation

West Frisian

Adverb

lyn

1. ago

Further reading

• “lyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n/

Etymology 1

A romanization of the sixteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ? (?ayin), Phoenician (?ayin), Aramaic (??), and Syriac ? (??), Arabic ? (?ayn) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /?/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

A romanization of Kazakh ??? (aïn), the Kazakh name for the letter ? (?).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter ?, representing the consonant /?/ or /?/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

• NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, any, any%, nay, yan

Italian

Noun

ayn m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of ain

Manx

Pronoun

ayn

1. third-person singular of ayns

   in him/it

   • Cha nel ayn agh craueyn. He is reduced to a skeleton.

Derived terms

• aynsyn (emphatic)

Adverb

ayn

1. there
   • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

ayn

1. existent
   • ayn rish foddey, long-standing
2. present