min

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Translingual

Symbol

min

(mathematics) minimum function
(metrology) minute in International System of Units
(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

Abbreviation of minute.
(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

myn, minne, mynne

Adjective

min

(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
- Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
  The more and the minne

Derived terms

minnock

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)

(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)

(transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
(transitive, obsolete) to remember
(transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

Abbreviation of minimum.
(colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
Antonym: max

He's gotta be at least 60, min!

Derived terms

Translations

abbreviation for minimum

Swedish: min (sv)

Anagrams

INM, NMI, nim

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

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

minu

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to move

Related terms

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

min

Wikipedia ^ast

Pronoun

min

me (as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		мин
Abjad		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

thousand

Declension

Declension of *min*
	singular	plural
nominative	min	minlər
definite accusative	mini	minləri
dative	minə	minlərə
locative	mində	minlərdə
ablative	mindən	minlərdən
definite genitive	minin	minlərin

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]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *biN.^[1]

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

spicy, hot, bitter
painful
intimate
(chiefly Northern) strong, intense

Declension

Declension of *min* (adjective, ending in consonant)
		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		min	mina	minak
ergative		minek	minak	minek
dative		mini	minari	minei
genitive		minen	minaren	minen
comitative		minekin	minarekin	minekin
causative		minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik
benefactive		minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat
instrumental		minez	minaz	minez
inessive	anim	minengan	minarengan	minengan
inessive	inan	minetan	minean	minetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
locative	inan	minetako	mineko	minetako
allative	anim	minengana	minarengana	minengana
allative	inan	minetara	minera	minetara
terminative	anim	minenganaino	minarenganaino	minenganaino
terminative	inan	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino
directive	anim	minenganantz	minarenganantz	minenganantz
directive	inan	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz
destinative	anim	minenganako	minarenganako	minenganako
destinative	inan	minetarako	minerako	minetarako
ablative	anim	minengandik	minarengandik	minengandik
ablative	inan	minetatik	minetik	minetatik
partitive		minik	—	—
prolative		mintzat	—	—

Noun

min inan

Declension

Declension of *min* (inanimate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	min	mina	minak
ergative	minek	minak	minek
dative	mini	minari	minei
genitive	minen	minaren	minen
comitative	minekin	minarekin	minekin
causative	minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik
benefactive	minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat
instrumental	minez	minaz	minez
inessive	minetan	minean	minetan
locative	minetako	mineko	minetako
allative	minetara	minera	minetara
terminative	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino
directive	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz
destinative	minetarako	minerako	minetarako
ablative	minetatik	minetik	minetatik
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

(Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

References

^ “min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

(Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)
A min ― A-

Cornish

Alternative forms

mìn, mynn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

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

defect, fault

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Adjective

min

Abbreviation of minimal.
Alternative form: min.

Noun

min

Abbreviation of minut.
Abbreviation of minimum.
Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

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

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Preposition

min

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

minus
Synonym: minus

Antonym: plus

Derived terms

minteken

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: men

Adjective

min

(obsolete) comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer

Derived terms

min of meer

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
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)

(poetic) love
Synonym: liefde

Alternative forms

minne

Derived terms

Related terms

minnen

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

wetnurse
maid, especially a nursemaid

Related terms

minnemoeder

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)

woman

Derived terms

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

min

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

with

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [min]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: min

Pronoun

min

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

Finnish

Noun

min

Abbreviation of minuutti.

Anagrams

nim

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

mio, mino

Etymology

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

Pronoun

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

mine (first-person singular possessor)

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

1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Usage notes

Used in Pular.

Dialectal variants

miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

min

(Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

Usage notes

Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.
Used in Maasina Fulfulde.
Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
Used in Pulaar.

Dialectal variants

men (Pular)

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[3], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

Galician

Pronoun

min

oblique of eu

Guayabero

Noun

min

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

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

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /min/

Adverb

min

less
Antonym: plu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/ [ˈmin]
Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: min

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

min

apocopic form of minus

Etymology 2

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

Noun

min (plural min-min)

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

References

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
Rhymes: -in
Hyphenation: min

Adverb

min

(+ 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), 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

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨ̞nʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

meal
powdered matter

Declension

Declension of min (second declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	min
vocative	a mhin
genitive	mine
dative	min

forms with the definite article
case	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

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.

Japanese

Romanization

min

Rōmaji transcription of みん

Kwanka

Noun

min

water

Latvian

Verb

min

third-person singular/plural present indicative of minēt
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of minēt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of minēt

Verb

min

inflection of mīt:
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mīt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mīt

Livonian

Pronoun

min

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)
m^äin (Eastphalian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German min (myn).

Pronoun

min

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

Maia

Noun

min

comb

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

min

(interrogative) who

Derived terms

nirra (narra, larra)
ta’ min

Mandarin

Romanization

min

Nonstandard spelling of mín.
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.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese 麵 / 面 (min⁶).

Noun

min

noodle

References

Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

min

less
Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

minre, minder

Adverb

min

less, to a smaller degree
Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

minre, minder

Middle English

Alternative forms

mine, minne, myn, myne, mynne, mein, meyne

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)

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)

First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

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

References

“min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Determiner

mîn

my, mine

Descendants

Alemannic German: miin, myn
Bavarian: mei
Cimbrian: main, moi (Luserna)
Hunsrik: mein
Luxembourgish: mäin
German: mein
Vilamovian: maj
Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

North Frisian

Determiner

min

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

Pronoun

min (plural (Sylt) minen)

(Sylt) mine (first-person singular possessive pronoun)
(Föhr-Amrum) feminine/neuter of man (“mine”)
(Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of man (“mine”)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Pronoun

min

I
me
my, mine

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

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)

my, mine

References

“min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
https://naob.no/ordbok/min_3

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)

my, mine

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːn/

Verb

min

imperative of mina

References

“min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

my
mine

Inflection

Declension of min — Strong only

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

Middle Dutch: mijn
- Dutch: mijn
- Limburgish: mien

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

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

Declension of mīn — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn	mīn
Accusative	mīnne	mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnes	mīnre	mīnes
Dative	mīnum	mīnre	mīnum
Instrumental	mīne	mīnre	mīne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Accusative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnra	mīnra	mīnra
Dative	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum
Instrumental	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum

Descendants

Middle English: min
- English: my, mine (pronoun)
- Scots: mine (pronoun)

Pronoun

mīn

genitive of iċ: 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

small

Declension

Declension of min — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	min	min	min
Accusative	minne	minne	min
Genitive	minnes	minre	minnes
Dative	minnum	minre	minnum
Instrumental	minne	minre	minne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minne	minna, minne	min
Accusative	minne	minna, minne	min
Genitive	minra	minra	minra
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Declension of min — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minna	minne	minne
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minne
Genitive	minnan	minnan	minnan
Dative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Instrumental	minnan	minnan	minnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Genitive	minra, minnena	minra, minnena	minra, minnena
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: min
- Scots: min, myn
- English: min

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

my

Declension

Declension of mīn — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn, mīne	mīn
Accusative	mīnene, mīnne	mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnes	mīnere, mīnre	mīnes
Dative	mīne	mīnere, mīnre	mīne
Plural
Nominative		mīne
Accusative		mīne
Genitive		mīnera, mīnra
Dative		mīne

Descendants

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

Pronoun

mīn

genitive of ik: mine, of me

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	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

my
mine

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns
Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Singular	First		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	Second		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	Third	Masculine	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		Feminine	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		Neuter	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
Plural	First		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	Third	Masculine	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		Feminine	sio	iro	im, in	sio
		Neuter	siu	iro	im, in	siu
Polite form	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih

Descendants

Middle High German: mīn
- Alemannic German: miin, myn
- Bavarian: mei
  Cimbrian: main, moi (Luserna)
- Hunsrik: mein
- Luxembourgish: mäin
- German: mein
- Vilamovian: maj
- Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

min

less

References

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

my
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	plural
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

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mīn

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

my

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

min f

genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/

Hyphenation: min

Noun

min m (invariable)

Abbreviation of minuto.
1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.
  O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.
2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
  O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The 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

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)

my, mine

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō).^[1] However, compare μάσσω (mássō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mjin/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

flour
Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

Usually used in compounds.

Derived terms

min-choirce

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.

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19

Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[5], 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 麵 / 面 (min⁶).

Noun

min

noodle

References

Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Sumerian

Romanization

min

Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

min; minimum

Etymology 3

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

Pronoun

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

my
mine

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

a facial expression
Synonym: ansiktsuttryck

Declension

Declension of *min*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	min	mins
singular	definite	minen	minens
plural	indefinite	miner	miners
plural	definite	minerna	minernas

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

nim+

Tatar

Pronoun

min

I

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

minhe
minuu

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɨn˧˧]

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

min • (綿, 㒙)

(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

(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)

point, sharp edge
Synonyms: ymyl, awch
edge, border, brim
Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl
lip
Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

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

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

[1] “min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

[Nww-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎^[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19

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

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singular	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic¹	possessive²
1^st person	jo	mè			min
2^nd person	te	tè			tin
3^rd person masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
3^rd person feminine	el	la	lyé
3^rd person neuter	o		y	—
3^rd person reflexive	—	sè
plural	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic¹	possessive²
1^st person	nos				noutro
2^nd person	vos				voutro
3^rd person masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
3^rd person feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
3^rd person reflexive	—	sè
¹ Disjunctive or object of a preposition.		² Generally preceded by a definite article.

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	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

			personal				possessive
			subject case		object case		masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced	masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi		man	min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di		dan	din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin		sinen
	3rd	f or n	hat	at, 't	ham	at, 't	san	sin		sinen
plural	1st		wi	'f	üs		üüs			üüsen
	1st		wi	'f	üs		üsens
	2nd		jam	'm	jam		jau			jauen
	2nd		jam	'm	jam		jamens
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's	hör			hören
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's	hörens

			personal				possessive
			subject case		object case		singular referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced	singular referent	attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi		min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di		din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	höm	'n	sin		sinen
		f	jü	'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		wü		üüs		üüs		üüsen
	2nd		i		juu		juu		juuen
	3rd		ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren

			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
	3rd	f	hiere		hierens
plural	1st		uus		uzen
	2nd		jou		jouens
	3rd		hiere		hierens

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
	Second	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
	First	archaic / formal	vi	os	vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	sig	deres

		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
Second person	Familiar¹	ci	cin	cia	vi	vin	via
Third person	Masculine	li	lin	lia	ili iŝi³	ilin iŝin³	ilia iŝia³
	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
Notes
¹ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic. 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.

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
	Second	formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
	Second	formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adjective

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Verb

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Arigidi

Pronoun

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Related terms

Asturian

Pronoun

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Declension

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Further reading

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Crimean Tatar

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Pronoun

See also

Domari

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Preposition

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

Derived terms