min

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Etymology 1

Clipping of English and Latin minimum.

Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function

Etymology 2

Clipping of English minute.

Symbol

min

2. (metrology) minute (accepted for use with the International System of Units)

Etymology 3

Clipping of English and Minangkabau Minangkabau.

Symbol

min

2. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Minangkabau terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minute.
2. (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-West Germanic *minni, 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

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
   • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)

     The more and the minne

Derived terms

• minnock

Related terms

• mince

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)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (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)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) to remember
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.

   Antonym: max

   He's gotta be at least 60, min!

Derived terms

• max-min fairness
• min-entropy
• min-max
• min pay

Translations

abbreviation for minimum

• Russian: мин. (ru) (min.)
• Swedish: min (sv)

Etymology 6

Clipping of minoxidil.

Noun

min (uncountable)

1. (informal) minoxidil

Anagrams

• INM, NMI, nim

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

Derived from English did.

Particle

min

1. Marks the past tense.

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

1. 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)

1. to move

Related terms

• amin
• mãn
• minari / minare
• minat

Asturian

Alternative forms

• mi
• me (Eastern Asturias, accusative)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmin/ [ˈmĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: min

Pronoun

min

1. me (as the object of a preposition)
2. (Eastern Asturias) me (dative)
3. (Western) alternative form of me

Usage notes

• In most of Eastern Asturias (Cuenca del Sella) there is a distinction between me (accusative) and mi (dative).

Garróme en casa ― It caught me at home.

Garrómilo en casa ― He caught me (for me) it at home

References

• “min”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “min”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		мин
Arabic		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 (miñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]

• Audio (Baku):

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Numeral

min

1. 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

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “min”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 370

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/ [mĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: min

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Basque *biN. The original meaning could be "bitter", from which the main contemporary meaning of "pain" would be derived.

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

1. bitter, spicy
2. painful
3. intimate
4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense

Declension

Declension of min (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		min	mina	minak	minok
ergative		minek	minak	minek	minok
dative		mini	minari	minei	minoi
genitive		minen	minaren	minen	minon
comitative		minekin	minarekin	minekin	minokin
causative		minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik	minongatik
benefactive		minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat	minontzat
instrumental		minez	minaz	minez	minotaz
inessive	anim.	minengan	minarengan	minengan	minongan
	inan.	minetan	minean	minetan	minotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	minetako	mineko	minetako	minotako
allative	anim.	minengana	minarengana	minengana	minongana
	inan.	minetara	minera	minetara	minotara
terminative	anim.	minenganaino	minarenganaino	minenganaino	minonganaino
	inan.	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino	minotaraino
directive	anim.	minenganantz	minarenganantz	minenganantz	minonganantz
	inan.	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz	minotarantz
destinative	anim.	minenganako	minarenganako	minenganako	minonganako
	inan.	minetarako	minerako	minetarako	minotarako
ablative	anim.	minengandik	minarengandik	minengandik	minongandik
	inan.	minetatik	minetik	minetatik	minotatik
partitive		minik	—	—	—
prolative		mintzat	—	—	—

Noun

min inan

1. pain
2. suffering
3. nostalgia, longing
4. desire, wish

Declension

Declension of min (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	min	mina	minak	minok
ergative	minek	minak	minek	minok
dative	mini	minari	minei	minoi
genitive	minen	minaren	minen	minon
comitative	minekin	minarekin	minekin	minokin
causative	minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik	minongatik
benefactive	minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat	minontzat
instrumental	minez	minaz	minez	minotaz
inessive	minetan	minean	minetan	minotan
locative	minetako	mineko	minetako	minotako
allative	minetara	minera	minetara	minotara
terminative	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino	minotaraino
directive	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz	minotarantz
destinative	minetarako	minerako	minetarako	minotarako
ablative	minetatik	minetik	minetatik	minotatik
partitive	minik	—	—	—
prolative	mintzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• belarmin
• bihozmin
• dolumin
• erdimin
• garmin
• gezamin
• gibelmin
• gorrimin (“scarlet fever”)
• haur-min
• ikusmin
• jakin-min
• karmin
• maitemin (“infatuation”)
• mikatz
• 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”)
• minbera
• minbizi (“cancer”)
• mindu (“to hurt, to go sour”)
• mindun
• mindura
• mingabe
• mingaizto
• mingar
• mingarratz
• mingarri
• mingots
• minki
• minkor
• minpe
• minsor
• mintasun
• minte
• mintsu
• mintxuri
• minxka
• ozpin (“vinegar”)
• pipermin
• sabelmin
• sagarmin
• samin
• sumin
• urdalmin
• urmin

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Basque *bini.

Noun

min inan

1. (Biscayan) alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

   Synonym: mingain

Further reading

• “min”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “min”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)

   A min ― A-

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, belly”). Compare Welsh min.

Noun

min m (plural minow or minyow or minyon)

1. edge

   Synonyms: amal, or

2. mouth

   Synonym: ganow

Derived terms

• liw min, minliw (“lipstick”)
• min fordh (“roadside”)
• min poll (“poolside”)
• mingow (“dishonest, lying”)
• mingreft (“make-up”)
• minhwarth (“smile”, noun)
• minhwerthin (“smile”, verb)
• minrew (“grey-bearded”)
• minvlew (“moustache”)
• minvlewen (“whisker”)

Etymology 2

From Old Cornish min, from Proto-Brythonic *mɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *mendos. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic meann, and Welsh myn.

Alternative forms

• mìn, mynn

Noun

min (collective, singulative minen f)

1. kids (young goats)

   Synonym: gevrigow

Mutation

Mutation of min

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
min	vin	unchanged	unchanged	fin, vin*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

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

1. defect, fault

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Adjective

min

1. abbreviation of minimal

   Alternative form: min.

Noun

min

1. abbreviation of minut
2. abbreviation of minimum

   Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

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

See also

Danish personal pronouns

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

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Preposition

min

1. from

References

• Matras, Yaron (2012), A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎^[3], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: min
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

min

1. minus

   Synonym: minus

   Antonym: plus

Noun

min c (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. minus sign

   Synonyms: minus, minteken

2. minus (disadvantage)

   Synonyms: minus, minpunt, contra

   Antonyms: plus, pluspunt, pro

Derived terms

• minpunt
• minteken
• plussen en minnen

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: men

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete) comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer

Derived terms

• min of meer

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Derived terms

• evenmin
• minachten
• niettemin

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, no diminutive)

1. (poetic) love

   Synonym: liefde

Usage notes

• The alternative form minne is used as a deliberate archaism in poetic and historical contexts (as in hoofse minne, which is far more common than hoofse min).

Alternative forms

• minne

Derived terms

• hoofse minne
• kunstmin
• mingeneugt
• mingenoot
• mingenot
• minnedicht
• minnedorst
• minnedrank
• minnedrift
• minnedronken
• minnegloed
• minnekeur
• minnekoorts
• minnekunst
• minnelust
• minnenood
• minnepand
• minnepijn
• minneplegen
• minnesmart
• minnespel
• minneverkeer
• minnevonk
• minnevuur
• minnewee
• minnewerk
• minnewoede
• minnezang
• minzaam
• minzucht
• onmin

Related terms

• minnen

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. wetnurse
2. 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)

1. woman

Derived terms

• meermin
• zeemeermin

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

min

1. 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

1. with

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: min

Pronoun

min

1. accusative of mi

   Li batis min! ― He hit me!

2. myself

   Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		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
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi2	ilin iŝin2	ilia iŝia2
	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

¹ Rare.

² Not widely used.

Finnish

Noun

min

1. 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)

1. mine (first-person singular possessor)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
singular	1st person		jo	mè			min
	2nd person		te	tè			tin
	3rd person	masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
		feminine	el	la	lyé
		neuter	o		y	—
		reflexive	—	sè
plural	1st person		nos				noutro
	2nd person		vos				voutro
	3rd person	masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
		feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
		reflexive	—	sè

¹ Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   ² Generally preceded by a definite article.

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 (Pular)

1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Dialectal variants

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

min (Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde, Pulaar)

1. first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

See also

• enen
• en
• meɗen
• hiɗen

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^[4], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

Galician

Pronoun

min

1. oblique of eu

Guayabero

Noun

min

1. 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

1. superessive singular of mi

   Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

See also

Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)

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

¹Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adverb

min

1. 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.

Adjective

min (comparative lebih min, superlative paling min)

1. apocopic form of minus

Etymology 2

borrowed from Dutch munt, from Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.

Noun

min (plural min-min)

1. mint (any plant in the family Lamiaceae)
2. mint (the flavouring of the plant)
3. mint (a green colour, like that of mint)

   min:  

4. mint (mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath)

Further reading

• “min”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

1. (+ 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) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], 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): /ˈmʲinʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish min, from Old Irish men (“flour”), from Proto-Celtic *menā.

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, uncountable)

1. meal
2. powdered matter

Declension

Declension of min (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative min vocative a mhin genitive mine dative min forms with the definite article 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

1. 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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “min”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “min”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “min”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “min”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Japanese

Romanization

min

1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

Kwanka

Noun

min

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Kwaŋ Language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2007), page 4

Latvian

Verb

min

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

Verb

min

1. inflection of mīt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mīt

Livonian

Pronoun

mi’n

1. 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

1. 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

See also

• ik/ick
• din, sin

Maia

Noun

min

1. comb

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: min

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mean.

Noun

min (Jawi spelling مين, plural min-min)

1. mean (average of a group of numbers)

See also

• julat (“range”)
• median (“median”)
• mod (“mode”)
• purata (“average”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of English admin.

Noun

min (Jawi spelling مين, plural min-min)

1. (Internet slang) admin

   Synonym: pentadbir (uncommon)

Further reading

• "min" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "min" at PRPM first version)

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

min

1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

• nirra (narra, larra)
• ta’ min

Malua Bay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Verb

min

1. to drink

References

• KJ Wessels, Malua Bay: A description of the Malua Bay language (Malekula, Vanuatu) (2013)
• Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)‎^[5], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University (lists two dialects as using -min)

Mandarin

Romanization

min

1. nonstandard spelling of mín
2. 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

Noun

min

1. alternative spelling of minn (“noodle”)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 228

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

min

1. less

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Adverb

min

1. less, to a smaller degree

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Further reading

• “min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Determiner

min (nominative I)

1. 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)

1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

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

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

min

1. alternative form of myne (“memory”)

Etymology 3

Verb

min

1. alternative form of mynnen (“to remember”)

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈmiːn/

Determiner

mīn

1. my, mine

Inflection

Middle High German personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative
singular	first person		ich	mīn	mir	mich
	second person		du, dū	dīn	dir	dich
	third person	m	ër CG hë(r)	sīn	im(e)	in
		f	siu	ir(e)	ir(e)	sie
		n	ëȥ CG iȥ, it	es	im(e)	ëȥ CG iȥ, it
plural	first person		wir	unser	uns	uns, unsich
	second person		ir	iuwer	iu, iuch	iuch
	third person	m	sie	ir(e)	in	sie
		f
		n	siu			siu

The distinction of the forms siu and sie as shown above is typical of earlier Upper German texts, but was never general. The forms sī and si existed additionally and all four were increasingly used without differentiation.

Descendants

• Alemannic German: miin, myn
• Bavarian: mei

  Cimbrian: main, moi (Luserna)

• Hunsrik: mein
• Luxembourgish: mäin
• German: mein
• Vilamovian: maj
• Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

Middle Norwegian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse mín.

Pronoun

min

1. genitive of ek (“I”)

   a þridia are mins virðulægs herra Hakonar Noregs konongs er æk for ifir Þilamork kom Vermundr Petars sun til min i Nizudal [...]

   In the third year of my venerated lord Håkon King of Norway, when I travelled over Telemark, Vermund Petersson came to me in Nissedal [...]

Usage notes

• Merged with the accusative around the 15th and 16th centuries.

Declension

Middle Norwegian personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	thu	—	han	hon	thet
accusative	mik	thik	sik	han	hana	thet
dative	mer	ther	ser	honom	henne	thy
genitive	min	thin	sin	hans	hennar	thes
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit, mit	it, thit	—
accusative	okker	ykker	sik
dative	okker	ykker	ser
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sin
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ver, mer	er, ther	—	their	thær	thau
accusative	oss	ydher	sik	tha	thær	thau
dative	oss	ydher	ser	theim	theim	theim
genitive	vaar	ydhar	sin	their(r)a	their(r)a	their(r)a

References

• Diplomatarium Norvegicum
• Handbok i norrøn filologi, p. 423

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*minaʀ /⁠mīnaz⁠/) (several non-lemma forms attested), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”).

Alternative forms

• minn, myn

Determiner

min (feminine min, neuter mitt)

1. my, mine

   þet skulu minir arfuinge haua.

   My heirs shall have that

   [...] till sanz vittnisburðr setti ek mitt insigli firir þettæ bref [...]

   [...] as a proof of truth I place my insignia before this letter [...]

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: min
• Norwegian Bokmål: min

References

• Diplomatarium Norvegicum 1
• Diplomatarium Norvegicum 2
• “min”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

North Frisian

Determiner

min

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

Pronoun

min (plural (Sylt) minen)

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

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced				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
		f or n	hat	at, 't		at, 't
plural	1st		wi	'f	üs			üüs			üüsen
								üsens
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jau			jauen
								jamens
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's		hör			hören
								hörens

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
• The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooring dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter / plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced
singular	1st		ik	'k	me			man	min
	2nd		dü	–	de			dan	din
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n		san	sin
		f	jü	's	har	's		harn	har
		n	hat	et, 't	ham	et, 't		san	sin
plural	1st		we		üs			üüsen	üüs
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jarnge
	3rd		ja	's	ja, jam	's		jare

The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			singular referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced			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

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Pronoun

min

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

PIE word
*éǵh₂

Inherited from Middle Norwegian min, from Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*minaʀ) (attested in inflected forms), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my; mine”). The Germanic form continues a pre-Germanic possessive formation *mey-no-s, formed from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”) with the adjectival suffix *-nos.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk min, Faroese mín, Icelandic minn, Danish min, Swedish min, German mein and English mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːn]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /mɪn/, [mɪn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: min

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my; belonging to, associated with, or concerning me.

   Broren min kommer i morgen. ― My brother is coming tomorrow.

   Dette er min beslutning. ― This is my decision.

   • 2021, Lars Saabye Christensen, En tilfeldig nordmann, page 225:

     de … begynte å gå i min retning

     They … began to walk in my direction.

   1. (computing) my; designating the current user's personal account, profile, or other individual area.

      Åpne fanen «Min konto» for å endre passordet. ― Open the “My account” tab to change your password.

      • 2018 March 26, Sigbjorn, “Hvordan kan jeg se hva jeg har sett på Netflix og slette historikken?”, in Netthjelp‎^[6]:

        Deretter ser du nedover på denne siden til du finner «Min Profil.»

        Then look further down this page until you find “My Profile.”

2. (predicative or nominalized) mine; belonging to me.

   Den røde sykkelen er min. ― The red bicycle is mine.

   Du kan låne min. ― You can borrow mine.

   meg og mine — me and my family; me and my loved ones

   Dette betyr mye for meg og mine. ― This means a lot to me and my family.

   • 1908, Henrik Ibsen, chapter IV, in Fru Inger til Østråt‎^[7]:

     tag denne ring, og vær min for Gud og mennesker

     Take this ring, and be mine before God and humankind.

3. my; used in affectionate, courteous, or sometimes patronizing forms of address.

   Sov godt, vennen min. ― Sleep well, my dear.

   • 1908, Henrik Ibsen, chapter III, in Fru Inger til Østråt‎^[8]:

     Men tilgiv mig, min ædle jomfru!

     But forgive me, my noble maiden!

4. Used before a derogatory description that the speaker applies to themself, often following jeg (“I”).

   Jeg, min tosk, glemte nøklene igjen. ― Fool that I am, I forgot the keys again.

   • 1996, Gunnar Staalesen, De døde har det godt:

     og jeg, min idiot, jeg trodde hvert ord han sa

     And I, idiot that I was, believed every word he said.

5. (colloquial, euphemistic) Used in exclamations with an omitted Gud (“God”), especially du store min, expressing surprise or amazement.

   Du store min, så mye snø det har kommet! ― Goodness me, what a lot of snow has fallen!

   • 1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger, volume III, page 28:

     aa du min for et kav

     Oh my, what a struggle!

Usage notes

• The forms agree with the gender and number of the possessed noun, not with the speaker: masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, and plural mine. The same agreement applies when the possessive stands independently.
• The possessive may precede or follow the noun. A preceding possessive normally accompanies an indefinite noun, as in min sykkel (“my bicycle”); a following possessive normally accompanies a definite noun, as in sykkelen min. Preposed possessives often emphasize ownership, although they also occur without special emphasis in formal or conservative Bokmål.
• Certain kinship terms may remain indefinite before a following possessive: far min (“my father”), mor mi (“my mother”), and bror min (“my brother”). Forms such as faren min are also accepted.
• Substantivized plural mine can refer to the speaker's family or close circle, especially in meg og mine (“me and my loved ones”). Substantivized neuter mitt can refer collectively to the speaker's possessions, interests, or affairs.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of minutt (“minute”), also used as a written abbreviation. The full form derives from Latin minūta (“small; diminished”), in pars minuta prima (“first small part”), from Latin minuō (“make smaller”), from Proto-Italic *minuō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small; little”).

Compare the parallel clipping English min (“minute”).

Pronunciation

• (spoken clipping) IPA^(key): /mɪnː/, [mɪnː]
• Rhymes: -ɪnː
• Homophone: minn
• Hyphenation: min

Noun

min n (indefinite plural min)

1. (colloquial) clipping of minutt (“minute”).

   Jeg kommer om fem min. ― I'll be there in five minutes.

   • 2017 March 11, Ingvill Dybfest Dahl, “«Mesternes mester»-Anders Jacobsen: – Det må investeres i kjærestetid”, in VG‎^[9]:

     det tar bare ti min, så er du i Nordmarka

     It only takes ten minutes, and then you're in Nordmarka.

   • 2023, Oliver Lovrenski, Da vi var yngre, page 110:

     etter fem–ti min vi var ute [av butikken] igjen

     After five to ten minutes we were outside [the shop] again.

2. abbreviation of minutt (“minute”).

   Steketid: 20 min. ― Cooking time: 20 min.

Usage notes

• The spoken clipping is used only in indefinite singular and plural, both min.
• The written abbreviation has no full stop and may be read in full as minutt or minutter. The pronunciation above represents the spoken clipping.

Etymology 3

Clipping of minus (“minus”), from Latin minus (“less”), the neuter form of minor (“smaller; less”), from Proto-Italic *minōs (“less”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small; little”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːn]
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: min

Adverb

min

1. (colloquial, education) minus; following a school grade, indicating performance slightly below that grade.

   Jeg fikk fire min på prøven. ― I got a four minus on the test.

   • 1992, Lars Saabye Christensen, Ingens, page 53:

     hvis du klarer alle stykkene, får’u nuggen min

     If you solve all the problems, you'll get a “nuggen” minus [a school grade].

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːn]
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: min

Verb

min

1. imperative of mine (“mine; excavate”)

References

• “min” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
• “Far min, mor mi, fader vår og så videre”, Språkrådet.
• “Grammatikk: Eiendomsord”, NTNU.

Anagrams

• nim, NIM

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)

1. my, mine

See also

Declension of min

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	min	mi	mitt
dative1	minom	minne	mino
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	mine	mina2	mine, mi
dative1	minom

¹ Rare or dialectal. ² Unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Verb

min

1. imperative of mina

References

• “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Declension of min

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

Further reading

• “mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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

1. my
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[10]:

     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

1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-n- (“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”).

Alternative forms

• minn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adjective

min

1. small
2. mean, vile

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

• mindōm
• minlīċ
• minsian

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

1. 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

1. 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

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative
singular	first person		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	second person		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	third person	m	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		f	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		n	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
plural	first person		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	second person1		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	third person	n	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		f	sio	sio
		n	siu	siu

¹ Also polite singular form

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

1. less

References

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

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *menus, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲin/ (masculine nominative/accusative/dative singular, feminine nominative/vocative singular, neuter nominative/vocative/accusative/dative singular, all genders genitive plural)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲinʲ/ (masculine vocative/genitive singular, feminine accusative/dative singular, neuter genitive singular, masculine nominative plural)

Adjective

min (comparative miniu)

1. minute, small

Declension

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	min	min	min
vocative	min
accusative	min	min
genitive	min	mine	min
dative	min	min	min
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	min	mina
vocative	minu mina†
accusative	minu mina†
genitive	min
dative	minaib

† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: mion
• Scottish Gaelic: mion

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲinʲ/

Noun

min

1. dative/accusative singular of men

Mutation

Mutation of min

radical	lenition	nasalization
min also mmin in h-prothesis environments	min pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	min also mmin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. 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
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

See also

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mīn

1. 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

1. my

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

min f

1. genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/

• Hyphenation: min

Etymology 1

Noun

min m (invariable)

1. 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

Etymology 2

Noun

min m (uncountable)

1. Min

Etymology 3

Misspelling

min

1. (Brazil) misspelling of mim (“me”)

Further reading

• “min”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Potawatomi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *mi·na, from Proto-Algic *mene. Cognate to Cree ᒦᓂᐢ (mînis), Plains Cree ᒦᓂᐢ (mînis), Ojibwe -min, miin, Ottawa -min, miin, and Menominee -men-. Doublet of -men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min inan (plural minen, locative minêk)

1. blueberry

   Gwi-mijnen ne ni minen.

   Are you (singular) going to eat those blueberries?

Inflection

Declension of min

	singular	plural
—	min	minen
locative	minêk	minenêk
diminutive	minés	minésen

Derived terms

• minké

References

• “min”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎^[11], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026
• Lockwood, Hunter Thompson (2017), How the Potawatomi Language Lives: A Grammar of Potawatomi (PhD dissertation)‎^[12], Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 48
• “min”, in Wiwkwébthëgen‎^[13], Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Government, 2026

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French main.

Noun

min

1. hand

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 233

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)

1. my, mine

See also

Saterland Frisian possessives

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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men (“flour”), from Proto-Celtic *menā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“to trample, tread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, nominative plural minean)

1. flour

   Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

• Usually used in compounds.

Derived terms

• min-bhuidhe
• 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.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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

1. noodle

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Sumerian

Romanization

min

1. romanization of 𒈫 (min)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

1. min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

1. my

   Hon är min syster

   She is my sister

   Min bil är snabb

   My car is fast

   Min pappa kan spöa din pappa

   My dad can beat up your dad

2. mine

   Den är min, inte din

   It is mine, not yours

   Din båt är snabbare än min

   Your boat is faster than mine

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					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
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		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

1. a facial expression, a face

   Synonym: ansiktsuttryck

   sång och dans och glada miner

   song and dance and happy faces [facial expressions]

Declension

Declension of min

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

Derived terms

• hålla god min
• minspel

See also

• uppsyn

References

• “min”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “min”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “min”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• nim+

Tatar

Pronoun

min

1. I

Unami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

• minhe
• minuu

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “min”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, 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)

1. (archaic, literary) I; me
   • 1646, Các thánh truyện (各聖傳)

     丕綿庄固察埃，固𱥺𱐩主𡗶察事各柴麻渚。

     Vậy min chẳng có xét ai, có một Đức Chúa Trời xét sự các thầy mà chớ.

     Therefore I do not judge anyone, only God judges the matters of the teachers.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

min (classifier con)

1. (dialectal) gaur

Waigeo

Verb

-min

1. (intransitive) to be lost
2. (intransitive, euphemistic) to be dead

Conjugation

Class IV conjugation of min

		singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person	inclusive	yamin	tutamin	(a)tútamin	tamin
	exclusive		umamin	atúmamin	ámamin
2nd person		nyamin	mumamin	matúmamin	mamin
3rd person	animate	namin	ulamin	atúlamin	lamin
	inanimate	ammin	simin

References

• Arnold, Laura (2018), Grammar of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea (PhD thesis)‎^[14]

Welsh

Etymology

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”), see also English maw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

min m (plural minion)

1. point, sharp edge

   Synonyms: ymyl, awch

2. edge, border, brim

   Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl

3. lip

   Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

• bod ar fin (“to be on the point (of); to have an erection”)
• min nos, min hwyr (“twilight”)
• 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.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “brim”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[15], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “edge”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[16], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “lip”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[17], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “point”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[18], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “min”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “min”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch min.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn/

Adjective

min

1. low-quality
2. mean, contemptible
3. troublesome, unpleasant
4. weak, sick

Inflection

Inflection of min
uninflected	min
inflected	minne
comparative	minder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		min	minder	it minst it minste
indefinite	c. sing.	minne	mindere	minste
	n. sing.	min	minder	minste
	plural	minne	mindere	minste
definite		minne	mindere	minste
partitive		mins	minders	—

Further reading

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