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

dym

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɘm/

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• Rhymes: -ɘm
• Syllabification: dym
• Homophone: Dym

Noun

dym m inan (diminutive dymek, related adjective dymny or dymowy)

1. smoke (visible vapor, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material)
2. (colloquial, in the singular) stir, commotion (agitated disturbance or a hubbub)

   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

Related terms

adjectives

• bezdymny

adverbs

• bezdymnie

phrases

• nie ma dymu bez ognia

verbs

• dymić impf

Further reading

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

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): [dim]

Noun

dym m inan (relational adjective dymový, diminutive dymček)

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym (pattern dub)

	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, 2003–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dỳmъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɨm/
• Rhymes: -ɨm
• Hyphenation: dym
• Syllabification: dym

Noun

dym m inan (related adjective dymowy)

1. smoke (thick smoke, large portion of smoke)

Declension

Declension of dym (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dym	dymaj	dymy
genitive	dyma	dymow	dymow
dative	dymej	dymomaj	dymam
accusative	dym	dymaj	dymy
instrumental	dymom	dymomaj	dymami
locative	dymu, dymje	dymomaj	dymach
vocative	dymo, dymje	dymaj	dymy

References

• “dym” in Soblex