"kyn" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /cʰɪːn/
Rhymes: -ɪːn 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. Etymology templates: {{root|is|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{der|is|non|kyn}} Old Norse kyn, {{der|is|gem-pro|*kunją}} Proto-Germanic *kunją, {{der|is|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-||to produce}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”), {{m|is|kyn}} kyn, {{m|da|køn}} køn, {{m|nn|kjønn}} kjønn, {{m|sv|kön}} kön, {{m|en|kin}} kin, {{m|nl|kunne}} kunne Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|kyns|||||||nominative plural|kyn|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn), {{is-noun|n|kyns|kyn}} kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn) Inflection templates: {{is-decl-noun-n-s|k|y|n|j=j}}, {{is-decl-noun-base|n-s|accp=kyn|accpd=kynin|accs=kyn|accsd=kynið|datp=kynjum|datpd=kynjunum|dats=kyni|datsd=kyninu|def={{{def}}}|genp=kynja|genpd=kynjanna|gens=kyns|gensd=kynsins|indef={{{indef}}}|nomp=kyn|nompd=kynin|noms=kyn|nomsd=kynið|pl={{{pl}}}|sg={{{sg}}}}}, {{is-decl-noun-base/sgpl|n-s|accp=kyn|accpd=kynin|accs=kyn|accsd=kynið|datp=kynjum|datpd=kynjunum|dats=kyni|datsd=kyninu|genp=kynja|genpd=kynjanna|gens=kyns|gensd=kynsins|nomp=kyn|nompd=kynin|noms=kyn|nomsd=kynið}} Forms: kyns [genitive, singular], kyn [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kyn [indefinite, nominative, singular], kynið [definite, nominative, singular], kyn [indefinite, nominative, plural], kynin [definite, nominative, plural], kyn [accusative, indefinite, singular], kynið [accusative, definite, singular], kyn [accusative, indefinite, plural], kynin [accusative, definite, plural], kyni [dative, indefinite, singular], kyninu [dative, definite, singular], kynjum [dative, indefinite, plural], kynjunum [dative, definite, plural], kyns [genitive, indefinite, singular], kynsins [definite, genitive, singular], kynja [genitive, indefinite, plural], kynjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. sex Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kyn-is-noun-mNROE~RV
  2. breed, race Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kyn-is-noun-Yk30~goT
  3. (grammar) gender Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-kyn-is-noun-3p~q6otm Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 83 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: karlkyn, kvenkyn, hvorugkyn, samkyn

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karlkyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kvenkyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hvorugkyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "samkyn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kyn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kunją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kunją",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "kyn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "køn"
      },
      "expansion": "køn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "kjønn"
      },
      "expansion": "kjønn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kön"
      },
      "expansion": "kön",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kin"
      },
      "expansion": "kin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kunne"
      },
      "expansion": "kunne",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).\nCognate with Faroese kyn, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, Swedish kön, English kin, Dutch kunne.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kyns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-decl-noun-n-s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "kyn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "kyns",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "kyns",
        "3": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "k",
        "2": "y",
        "3": "n",
        "j": "j"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-n-s"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n-s",
        "accp": "kyn",
        "accpd": "kynin",
        "accs": "kyn",
        "accsd": "kynið",
        "datp": "kynjum",
        "datpd": "kynjunum",
        "dats": "kyni",
        "datsd": "kyninu",
        "def": "{{{def}}}",
        "genp": "kynja",
        "genpd": "kynjanna",
        "gens": "kyns",
        "gensd": "kynsins",
        "indef": "{{{indef}}}",
        "nomp": "kyn",
        "nompd": "kynin",
        "noms": "kyn",
        "nomsd": "kynið",
        "pl": "{{{pl}}}",
        "sg": "{{{sg}}}"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n-s",
        "accp": "kyn",
        "accpd": "kynin",
        "accs": "kyn",
        "accsd": "kynið",
        "datp": "kynjum",
        "datpd": "kynjunum",
        "dats": "kyni",
        "datsd": "kyninu",
        "genp": "kynja",
        "genpd": "kynjanna",
        "gens": "kyns",
        "gensd": "kynsins",
        "nomp": "kyn",
        "nompd": "kynin",
        "noms": "kyn",
        "nomsd": "kynið"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base/sgpl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sex"
      ],
      "id": "en-kyn-is-noun-mNROE~RV",
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breed, race"
      ],
      "id": "en-kyn-is-noun-Yk30~goT",
      "links": [
        [
          "breed",
          "breed"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "is:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 13 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gender"
      ],
      "id": "en-kyn-is-noun-3p~q6otm",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) gender"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɪːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kyn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic 1-syllable words",
    "Icelandic countable nouns",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Swedish ja-stem nouns",
    "Old Swedish lemmas",
    "Old Swedish neuter nouns",
    "Old Swedish nouns",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːn",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːn/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "karlkyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "kvenkyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "hvorugkyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "samkyn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kyn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kunją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kunją",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "kyn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "køn"
      },
      "expansion": "køn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "kjønn"
      },
      "expansion": "kjønn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kön"
      },
      "expansion": "kön",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kin"
      },
      "expansion": "kin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kunne"
      },
      "expansion": "kunne",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).\nCognate with Faroese kyn, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, Swedish kön, English kin, Dutch kunne.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kyns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-decl-noun-n-s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kynjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "kyn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "kyns",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "kyns",
        "3": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "k",
        "2": "y",
        "3": "n",
        "j": "j"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-n-s"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n-s",
        "accp": "kyn",
        "accpd": "kynin",
        "accs": "kyn",
        "accsd": "kynið",
        "datp": "kynjum",
        "datpd": "kynjunum",
        "dats": "kyni",
        "datsd": "kyninu",
        "def": "{{{def}}}",
        "genp": "kynja",
        "genpd": "kynjanna",
        "gens": "kyns",
        "gensd": "kynsins",
        "indef": "{{{indef}}}",
        "nomp": "kyn",
        "nompd": "kynin",
        "noms": "kyn",
        "nomsd": "kynið",
        "pl": "{{{pl}}}",
        "sg": "{{{sg}}}"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n-s",
        "accp": "kyn",
        "accpd": "kynin",
        "accs": "kyn",
        "accsd": "kynið",
        "datp": "kynjum",
        "datpd": "kynjunum",
        "dats": "kyni",
        "datsd": "kyninu",
        "genp": "kynja",
        "genpd": "kynjanna",
        "gens": "kyns",
        "gensd": "kynsins",
        "nomp": "kyn",
        "nompd": "kynin",
        "noms": "kyn",
        "nomsd": "kynið"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base/sgpl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breed, race"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breed",
          "breed"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "is:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gender"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) gender"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɪːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kyn"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: n-s",
  "path": [
    "kyn"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kyn",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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