dinna

See also: Dinna and dinña

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnə/

Contraction

dinna

1. (Scotland, Northumbria) do not

Anagrams

• Danni, Diann, Nandi, indan

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• दिन्न (Devanagari script)
• দিন্ন (Bengali script)
• දින‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• ဒိန္န or ၻိၼ္ၼ or ၻိၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
• ทินฺน or ทินนะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩥᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ທິນ຺ນ or ທິນນະ (Lao script)
• ទិន្ន (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

dinna

1. past participle of dadāti (“to give”)
   • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:

     Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

     I observe the precept of abstaining from taking that which is not given.

Declension

Declension table of "dinna" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dinno	dinnā
Accusative (second)	dinnaṃ	dinne
Instrumental (third)	dinnena	dinnehi or dinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	dinnassa or dinnāya or dinnatthaṃ	dinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dinnasmā or dinnamhā or dinnā	dinnehi or dinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dinnassa	dinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dinnasmiṃ or dinnamhi or dinne	dinnesu
Vocative (calling)	dinna	dinnā

Declension table of "dinnā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dinnā	dinnāyo or dinnā
Accusative (second)	dinnaṃ	dinnāyo or dinnā
Instrumental (third)	dinnāya	dinnāhi or dinnābhi
Dative (fourth)	dinnāya	dinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dinnāya	dinnāhi or dinnābhi
Genitive (sixth)	dinnāya	dinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dinnāya or dinnāyaṃ	dinnāsu
Vocative (calling)	dinne	dinnāyo or dinnā

Declension table of "dinna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dinnaṃ	dinnāni
Accusative (second)	dinnaṃ	dinnāni
Instrumental (third)	dinnena	dinnehi or dinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	dinnassa or dinnāya or dinnatthaṃ	dinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dinnasmā or dinnamhā or dinnā	dinnehi or dinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dinnassa	dinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dinnasmiṃ or dinnamhi or dinne	dinnesu
Vocative (calling)	dinna	dinnāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “dinna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Scots

Verb

dinna

1. alternative form of dinnae (“don't”)

Yagara

Noun

dinna

1. foot

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.

Yogad

Adverb

dinna

1. still

Yola

Etymology

Contraction of doone na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnə/

Contraction

dinna

1. do not
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:

     Dinna fare a caulès.

     Don't frighten the horses.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 48:

     Dinna ishe mee a raison.

     Do not ask me the reason.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:

     Dinna mell wi' it.

     Don't meddle with it.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 71:

     Dinna thar a dug.

     Don't vex the dog.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39