Wt/sco/sinn

See also: Wt/sco/Sinn and Wt/sco/sinni

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪnː]

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)

1. time, times

   á sinni ― ance (afore); anither time

   á hesum sinni ― this time, nou

   ikki á hvørjum sinni ― nae ivery time, seendle

   á síðsta sinni ― for the last time

   ikki enn á sinni ― nae yet

Declension

n9	Seengular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sinn	sinnið	sinn	sinnini
Accusative	sinn	sinnið	sinn	sinnini
Dative	sinni	sinninum	sinnum	sinnunum
Genitive	sins	sinsins	sinna	sinnanna

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German

Verb

sinn

1. Imperative seengular o sinnen.

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Icelandic

Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, no plural)

1. time

Derived terms

Wt/sco/

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• einu sinni
• einu sinni var
• ekki einu sinni
• endrum og sinnum
• fyrst um sinn
• mörgum sinnum
• um sinn
• vera nóg að sinni

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Pronoun

sinn m (feminine sín, neuter sitt)

1. Third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
   • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)

     Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.

     When Adam haed leeved 130 years, he haed a son in his awn likness, in his awn eemage; an he named him Seth.

   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     Krummi craiks ootside,
     cryin his namesake:
     “I foond the heid o a ram,
     backbone an sheepskin.”
     Come nou an peck wi me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

Declension

Possessive pronoons (eignarfornöfn)
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Wt/sco/sinn	Wt/sco/sín	Wt/sco/sitt		Wt/sco/sínir	Wt/sco/sínar	Wt/sco/sín
accusative	Wt/sco/sinn	Wt/sco/sína	Wt/sco/sitt		Wt/sco/sína	Wt/sco/sínar	Wt/sco/sín
dative	Wt/sco/sínum	Wt/sco/sinni	Wt/sco/sínu		Wt/sco/sínum	Wt/sco/sínum	Wt/sco/sínum
genitive	Wt/sco/síns	Wt/sco/sinnar	Wt/sco/síns		Wt/sco/sinna	Wt/sco/sinna	Wt/sco/sinna

Derived terms

Wt/sco/

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• deyja drottni sínum
• gera sitt til
• hafa nóg á sinni könnu
• leika við hvern sinn fingur
• láta sigla sinn sjó
• ota sínum tota
• sinn er siður í landi hverju
• sitt af hverju
• sitt hvoru megin
• sitt á hvað
• skara eld að sinni köku
• varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns
• vinna á sitt band

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Erse

Etymology

Frae Old Irish sinni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

Pronoun

sinn (personal)

1. we, us (disjunctive)
2. (nonstandard) we (conjunctive)

See also

Erse personal pronoons

Nummer	Person (an gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Seengular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' afore a vouel or fh-
	Seicont	tú (tusa)	thú (thusa)	do L d' afore a vouel or fh-
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Seicont	sibh (sibhse)		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

Note: ^L indicates that the wird triggers lenition. ^E indicates that the wird triggers eclipsis. ^H indicates that the wird triggers h-prothesis.

The reflexive is formed bi addin féin tae the relevant pronoun: e.g. "masel" = mé féin, "yersels" = sibh féin.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

Frae Old High German sīn (“tae be”), frae Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“tae be”), frae Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“tae be, exeest”). Cognate wi German sein, Dutch zijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Verb

Wt/sco/sinn (third-person singular present ass, preterite war or wor, past participle gewiescht, past subjunctive wier or wär, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. tae be

Conjugation

    conjugation o sinn

infinitive		sinn
pairteeciple		gewiescht
auxiliary		sinn
		seengular			plural
		1st person ech	2nd person du	3rd person hien/si/hatt	1st person mir	2nd person dir	3rd person si
indicative	present simple	sinn	bass	ass	sinn	sidd	sinn
	preterite	war	waars	war	waren	waart	waren
	present perfect	si gewiescht	bass gewiescht	ass gewiescht	si gewiescht	sidd gewiescht	si gewiescht
	past perfect	war gewiescht	waars gewiescht	war gewiescht	ware gewiescht	waart gewiescht	ware gewiescht
	futur simple	wäert sinn	wäerts sinn	wäert sinn	wäerte sinn	wäert sinn	wäerte sinn
	futur perfect	wäert gewiescht sinn	wäerts gewiescht sinn	wäert gewiescht sinn	wäerte gewiescht sinn	wäert gewiescht sinn	wäerte gewiescht sinn
condeetional	semple	wier	wiers	wier	wieren	wiert	wieren
	present	géif sinn	géifs sinn	géif sinn	géife sinn	géift sinn	géife sinn
	perfect	wier gewiescht	wiers gewiescht	wier gewiescht	wiere gewiescht	wiert gewiescht	wiere gewiescht
imperative	affirmative	–	sief	—	—	sieft / sidd	—

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Norse Bokmål

Etymology

Frae Middle Low German [Term?]; compare German Sinn, Sinne.

Noon

sinn n (definite singular Wt/sco/sinnet, indefinite plural Wt/sco/sinn, definite plural Wt/sco/sinna or Wt/sco/sinnene)

1. mynd

Derived terms

Wt/sco/

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• besinne
• sindig
• sinnelag
• sinnslidelse
• sinnslidende
• sinnslikevekt
• sinnsro
• sinnsvak
• sinnsyk

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See also

• sinne

References

• “Wt/sco/sinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sinn” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Scots Gaelic

Etymology

Frae Old Irish sinni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiɲ/

Pronoun

sinn

1. we
2. us

   Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.

   We’ll gae tae the bank tamarrae; ye'll see us thare.

Derived terms

• sinne (emphatic)

See an aa

• mi
• thu
• e
• i

• sibh
• iad