tyst

Danish

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇī́m, “silent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tyst/, [tˢysd̥]

Adjective

tyst

  1. hushed, quiet, silent

Inflection
Inflection of tyst
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular tyst tystere tystest2
Neuter singular tyst tystere tystest2
Plural tyste tystere tystest2
Definite attributive1 tyste tystere tysteste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Adverb

tyst

  1. quietly, silently

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʏsːt/
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Adjective

tyst (comparative tystare, superlative tystast)

  1. quiet; with little or no sound
  2. quiet; having the attribute of not talking much

Declension
Inflection of tyst
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tyst tystare tystast
Neuter singular tyst tystare tystast
Plural tysta tystare tystast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tyste tystare tystaste
All tysta tystare tystaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms

Adverb

tyst (comparative tystare, superlative tystast)

  1. quietly; causing little or no sound

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

tyst m (plural tystion)

  1. witness

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tyst dyst nhyst thyst
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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