dym

See also: dým

English

Etymology

Corruption of the word dumb.

Adjective

dym (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) dumb, stupid

Phrase

dym

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.
2. (Internet slang) Initialism of do you mind.
3. (Internet slang) Initialism of do/did you mean.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨm/

Noun

dym

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dym	dyma	dymy
Genitive	dyma	dymowu	dymow
Dative	dymoju	dymoma	dymam
Accusative	dym	dyma	dymy
Instrumental	dymom	dymoma	dymami
Locative	dymje	dymoma	dymach

References

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dym”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dym”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɨm
• Syllabification: dym

Noun

dym m inan (diminutive dymek)

1. smoke
2. (colloquial, singular only) stir, commotion

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zamieszanie

Declension

Declension of dym

	singular	plural
nominative	dym	dymy
genitive	dymu	dymów
dative	dymowi	dymom
accusative	dym	dymy
instrumental	dymem	dymami
locative	dymie	dymach
vocative	dymie	dymy

Derived terms

adjectives

• bezdymny
• dymny

 

adverb

• bezdymnie

 

phrase

• nie ma dymu bez ognia

 

Related terms

• dymić
• dymny
• dymowy

 

Further reading

• dym in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dym in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dym m (Cyrillic spelling дyм)

1. Obsolete spelling of dim.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dym, from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdim/

Noun

dym m inan (genitive singular dymu, nominative plural dymy, genitive plural dymov, declension pattern of dub)

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym

	singular	plural
nominative	dym	dymy
genitive	dymu	dymov
dative	dymu	dymom
accusative	dym	dymy
locative	dyme	dymoch
instrumental	dymom	dymami

Further reading

• “dym”, 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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɨm]

Noun

dym m inan

1. smoke

Further reading

• “dym” in Soblex