dính

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Chut [Mày] patĭŋ³ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Formally, this looks like a causative prefixed (Proto-Vietic prefix *pr- ~ *p-) derivative of a root. This root is probably of Sinitic origin and related to the modern Sino-Vietnamese morpheme định (定), i.e. "to make fixed" or "to cause to be fixed". Another possibility is that the root is related to đính (釘) instead.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zïŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨn˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɨn˦˥]

Verb

dính • (酩, 穎, 𬗀, 粘, 颖, 訂, 性)

to stick; to glue
(colloquial) to be involved in

Adjective

dính • (酩, 穎, 𬗀, 粘, 颖, 訂, 性)

sticky; gluey

Derived terms