different between nym vs dym

For “nyms”, semantic relations in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Semantic relations.

English

Etymology

Clipping of pseudonym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

nym (plural nyms)

1. (Internet) A pseudonym used when posting messages.

Related terms

• nymshift
• nymshifter
• nymshifting
• nymwars

See also

• -nym
• -onym

Anagrams

• myn

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