cyaan
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cȳaneus, from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈaːn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cy‧aan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
cyaan n (uncountable)
Synonyms
- blauwzuur
- cyaanwaterstof
- Pruisisch zuur
Derived terms
Adjective
cyaan (comparative cyaner, superlative cyaanst)
Declension
| Declension of cyaan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | cyaan | |||
| inflected | cyane | |||
| comparative | cyaner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | cyaan | cyaner | het cyaanst het cyaanste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | cyane | cyanere | cyaanste |
| n. sing. | cyaan | cyaner | cyaanste | |
| plural | cyane | cyanere | cyaanste | |
| definite | cyane | cyanere | cyaanste | |
| partitive | cyaans | cyaners | — | |
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- cyaa, cyah, cyan, cyahn, cyar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲɑ̃/, /ˈkʲɒ̃/
- Hyphenation: cyaan
Verb
cyaan
- can't, cannot
- Me cyaan dance now cause bar lock.
- I can't go dancing because the nightclubs are closed.
- We cyaan manage no hurricane now, we cyaan manage.
- We can't withstand another hurricane at present under any circumstances.
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 185