dinna

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See also: Dinna and dinña

English[edit]

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dinna

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) do not

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Pali[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

dinna

  1. past participle of dadāti (to give)
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from taking that which is not given.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dinna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Yagara[edit]

Noun[edit]

dinna

  1. foot

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Yogad[edit]

Adverb[edit]

dinna

  1. still

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

doone +‎ na

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Contraction[edit]

dinna

  1. do not
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:
      Dinna fare a caulès.
      Don't frighten the horses.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 48:
      Dinna ishe mee a raison.
      Do not ask me the reason.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:
      Dinna mell wi' it.
      Don't meddle with it.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 71:
      Dinna thar a dug.
      Don't vex the dog.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39