son (male member of a group, especially a family community)
(Christianity) Son
Declension
Descendants
Czech: syn
References
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “syn”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old English
Verb
sȳn
Alternative form of sīen
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*sy̑nъ. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE)/sɨn/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/sɨn/
Noun
synm ? (diminutivesynek)
son (male offspring)
(Christianity) Son
Synonyms:Syn dziewiczy, Syn Boży, jedyny Syn Boga wszechmogącego, Syn Człowieczy, Syn Nawyszszego
(figuratively) son (someone that one views as a son)
used in some curses
(biblical) son (male member of a community)
son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Polish: syn
Silesian: syn
References
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “syn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “syn”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “syn”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “syn”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*sy̑nъ.
Noun
synm anim
son (male offspring)
son (male member of some community)
son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)
Descendants
Slovak: syn
References
Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “syn”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsesjón, from Proto-Germanic*siuniz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /syːn/
Noun
sȳnf
sight, ability to see
appearance
Declension
Descendants
Swedish: syn
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishsyn.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sɨn/
(Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈsɨn/
Rhymes: -ɨn
Syllabification: syn
Noun
synm pers (diminutivesynek, related adjectivesynowski)
son (male offspring)
Coordinate term:córka
son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)
(literary) son (member of a community)
Declension
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), syn is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 5 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 4 times in essays, 41 times in fiction, and 36 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 95 times, making it the 668th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Further reading
syn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
syn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “syn”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“SYN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.05.2021
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “syn”, in Słownik języka polskiego[9]
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “syn”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[10]
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “syn”, in Słownik języka polskiego[11] (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 539
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishsyn.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɨn/
Rhymes: -ɨn
Syllabification: syn
Noun
synm pers (diminutivesynek, related adjectivesynowy)
son (male offspring)
Coordinate term:cera
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
syn in silling.org
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovaksyn, from Proto-Slavic*synъ.
“syn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedishsȳn, from Old Norsesýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic*siuniz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sync
sight (ability to see), vision
a sight, a view
a vision, a revelation (of the future)
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
nys
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic*sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European*suHnús.
Noun
synm pers
son (male offspring)
Declension
Template:hsb-decl-noun-m5
Further reading
“syn” in Soblex
Welsh
Etymology
Back-formation from synnu(“to surprise”).
Pronunciation
(North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨːn/
(South Wales) IPA(key): /siːn/
Rhymes: -ɨːn
Adjective
syn (feminine singularsyn, pluralsynion, equativesyned, comparativesynach, superlativesynaf, not mutable)
astonished, astounded
dazed, stunned
aghast, frightened
amazing, astonishing
Synonyms:syndodol, syfrdanol
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “syn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisiansīn, from Proto-West Germanic*sīn.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sin/
Determiner
syn
his (third-person singular masculine possessive determiner)
its (third-person singular neuter possessive determiner)
See also
Further reading
“syn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011