demin

English

Etymology

Clipping of demineralized.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmɪn/, /diˈmɪn/

Noun

demin (uncountable)

  1. (technical, usually attributively) Demineralized water.
    It's usually not safe to drink demin.
    • 1973 March, “Miniature conductivity meter”, in Control & Instrumentation, volume 5, number 3 (advertisement), London: Morgan-Grampian Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63:
      There are many applications, for example it would be useful to fit it in series with ion exchange cartridges used in the laboratory or on 'demin' plants in industry.
    • 2015, L. Daal, F. de Vos, J. Soons, T. de Vries, “Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the power industries”, in Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Navin K. Rastog, editors, Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment: Materials, Processes and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; 75), Sawston, Cambridgeshire: Woodhead Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 610:
      For this reason, a demin line normally consists of a cation and an anion filter. If the water quality is not according to specifications after leaving these two filters, a mixed bed (anion and cation resins in one tank) is used.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *demenis (certain), of disputed origin. MacBain derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁mn̥ (that which is established), while Pedersen derives it from Proto-Celtic *dī- + a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *men- (to change), thus ‘unchangeable’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲeṽʲinʲ/

Adjective

demin (equative demnithir, comparative demniu)

  1. sure, certain
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b13
      Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam húa súlib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar húa chlúasaib.
      What we see with (lit. from) the eyes is more certain to us than what we hear with (lit. from) the ears.

Declension

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) demne Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative demni demni
Vocative demni
Accusative demni
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)*
demne
Dative demnib
Notes *not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: deimhin
  • Scottish Gaelic: deimhinn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndemin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دمین (demin)[1], from Proto-Turkic *tēmin (immediately).[2]

Adverb

demin

  1. just now; immediately

Further reading

  • demin in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), دمین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 915
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *dēmin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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