different between tyan vs tyran

English

Etymology

From Brythonic numerals, from an assumed *dwau.

Numeral

tyan

1. (Cumbria) Two in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Derived terms

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

Usage notes

The form tan is more common in other former Celtic areas of Northern England.

References

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) , Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number?^[1], Australian Council for Educational Research, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide?^[2], Continuum International Publishing Group, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

Anagrams

• Yant, anty

Sambali

Noun

tyan

1. (anatomy) abdomen

English

Noun

tyran (plural tyrans)

1. Obsolete form of tyrant.

   • Lordly love is such a tyranne fell.

Verb

tyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.

Anagrams

• ATryn, Taryn, ranty, tryna

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek ???????? (túrannos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?y???n?], [t?y???n], [t?y????n]

Noun

tyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)

1. (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.???/
• Homophones: tirant, tyrans

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne)

1. tyrant
2. bully

Further reading

• “tyran” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

tyran

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Middle French

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. tyrant

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. (Jersey) tyrant

Polish

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (túrannos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.ran/

Noun

tyran m pers (diminutive tyranek, feminine tyranka)

1. tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)
2. tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
3. (historical, Ancient Greece) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)

Declension

Noun

tyran m anim

1. tyrant flycatcher

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) tyranizowa?, styranizowa?
• (noun) tyra?stwo
• (adjectives) tyra?ski, tyraniczny
• (adverb) tyra?sko

Related terms

• (noun) tyrania

Further reading

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