Menapian nouns: jyng

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɪŋ(g)/
jyng

Etymology 1

From the Middle Menapian verbal noun form of jynguidh: jyng — which replaced its earlier verbal noun form, Old Menapian hlaw, hlau — from Primitive Menapian lingɨd ("to jump"), from Proto-Celtic ɸlengeti ("to jump"). Cognate with Irish ling ("to jump; to leap") and léim ("jump"), and Scottish Gaelic leum ("jump"). Borrowed by Dutch as jyng ("festival") and German as Jyng.

Definition

Noun

n jyng (plural jyngs)

  1. a festival; a cultural celebration.
  2. a large social gathering.

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Menapian jyng ("to occur"), from Old Menapian jinguidh ("to jump; to come up; to occur"), from Primitive Menapian lingɨd ("to jump"), from Proto-Celtic ɸlengeti ("to jump"). Cognate with Irish ling ("to jump; to leap") and léim ("jump"), and Scottish Gaelic leum ("jump").

Definition

Verb

jyng (preterite joel, imperfect jyngoe, future jyol)

  1. to happen; to occur.
  2. to befall.
Notes

The verb jyng (to happen) is sometimes used as an auxiliary for the future tense. It is always placed before the main verb and after the preverbial particle if there is one. However this is only in dialect forms and slang and not Standard Menapian.

Conjugation