kyn

See also: KYN and Kýn

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Karolanos with y as a placeholder.

Symbol

kyn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Karolanos.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Karolanos terms

Atong (India)

Etymology

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Noun

kyn

1. the back

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Icelandic kyn, Swedish kön, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, English kin, Dutch kunne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰiːn]

Noun

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, plural kyn)

1. lineage, family
2. gender, sex
3. nature
4. (grammar) gender

Declension

n22	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kyn	kynið	kyn	kynini
accusative	kyn	kynið	kyn	kynini
dative	kyni	kyninum	kynjum, kynum	kynjunum, kynunum
genitive	kyns	kynsins	kynja	kynjanna

Derived terms

sexual orientation

• hinskynd (“heterosexuality”)
• samkynd (“homosexuality”)
• tvíkynd (“bisexuality”)

biological/grammatical gender

• kallkyn (“male sex or gender; masculine (gender)”)
• kvennkyn (“female sex or gender; feminine (gender)”)
• hvørkikyn (“neuter (gender)”)
• samkyn (“common (gender)”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Faroese kyn, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, Swedish kön, English kin, Dutch kunne, as well as, more distantly, Latin genus (“kind, gender”) (whence English gender).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪːn/
• Rhymes: -ɪːn

Noun

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)

1. sex
2. breed, race
3. (grammar) gender

Declension

Declension of kyn (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kyn	kynið	kyn	kynin
accusative	kyn	kynið	kyn	kynin
dative	kyni	kyninu	kynjum	kynjunum
genitive	kyns	kynsins	kynja	kynjanna

Derived terms

• karlkyn
• kvenkyn
• hvorugkyn
• samkyn

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “kyn”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)