dinna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnə/

Contraction

dinna

1. (Scotland, Northumbria) do not

Anagrams

• Danni, Diann, Nandi, indan

Alternative forms

Adjective

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.

References

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

Noun

dinna

1. foot

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.

Adverb

dinna

1. still

Etymology

doone +‎ na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɔː/

Contraction

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

• 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