ádin

ádin

See also: Adin, adın, and Adın

Navajo

Etymology

ʼá- (thematic) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -din (neuter imperfective stem of root -DĮĮD, “to disappear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ́tɪ̀n/

Verb

ádin

1. there is nothing, there is none

   dibé nihee ádin ― we have no sheep

   shee ádin ― I have none; I have none of it; I don’t have it

2. he/she/it is absent
3. he/she/it is deceased, extinct

   Hastiin R. C. Gorman yę́ę ádin.

   Mr. R. C. Gorman has died/passed away.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni)

NEUTER IMPF.	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	áníshdin	ániidin	ádaniidin
2nd person	ánídin	ánóhdin	ádanohdin
3rd person	ádin		ádaadin
4th person	ájídin		ádajídin

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dįįh
• NEUTER IMPERFECTIVE: -din
• PERFECTIVE: -dįįd
• FUTURE: -dįįł
• ITERATIVE: -dįįh

Derived terms

• ádinígíí

Numeral

ádin

1. zero

Synonyms

• názbąs