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sinn

See also: Sinn and sinni

English edit

Verb edit

sinn (third-person singular simple present sinns, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sin

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)

  1. time, times
    á sinni ― once (before); another time
    á hesum sinni ― this time, now
    ikki á hvørjum sinni ― not every time, seldom
    á síðsta sinni ― for the last time
    ikki enn á sinni ― not yet

Declension edit

n9 Singular 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

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

sinn

  1. singular imperative of sinnen

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

Noun edit

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, no plural)

  1. time, as in occurrence
    Synonym: skipti
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

Determiner edit

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 had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
    • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
      Krummi krunkar úti,
      kallar á nafna sinn:
      „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
      hrygg og gæruskinn.“
      Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
      krummi nafni minn.
      Krummi croaks outside,
      calling his namesake:
      “I found the head of a ram,
      backbone and sheepskin.”
      Come now and peck with me,
      Krummi, my namesake.”
Declension edit
Possessive pronouns (eignarfornöfn)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sinn sín sitt sínir sínar sín
accusative sinn sína sitt sína sínar sín
dative sínum sinni sínu sínum sínum sínum
genitive síns sinnar síns sinna sinna sinna
Derived terms edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish sinni.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

Pronoun edit

sinn (emphatic form sinne)

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

Usage notes edit

  • Not used as a conjunctive pronoun in the standard language; instead, synthetic verb forms or analytic forms with muid are used in the first person plural. Found with analytic verb forms in colloquial usage in some dialects. Use as a disjunctive pronoun is fully standard.

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Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic) 		Disjunctive
(emphatic) 		Possessive
determiner
Singular First mé
(mise) 		mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1 		thú
(thusa) 		do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean) 		é
(eisean) 		a L
Third feminine sí
(sise) 		í
(ise) 		a H
Third neuter — ea —
Plural First muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne) 		ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1 		bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan) 		iad
(iadsan) 		a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Luxembourgish edit

Alternative forms edit

  • sin (superseded)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn / wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn.

The short vowel in the form sinn is probably due to merger with the Middle High German third-person plural sint. The -f in the imperative is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a gliding sound. The expected subjunctive is wéier, which is attested dialectally. The standard forms were formed anew from the preterite.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to be

Conjugation edit

    conjugation of sinn
infinitive sinn
participle gewiescht
auxiliary sinn
singular 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
future simple wäert sinn wäerts sinn wäert sinn wäerte sinn wäert sinn wäerte sinn
future perfect wäert gewiescht sinn wäerts gewiescht sinn wäert gewiescht sinn wäerte gewiescht sinn wäert gewiescht sinn wäerte gewiescht sinn
conditional simple 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 —

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German sin; compare German Sinn, Sinne.

Noun edit

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

  1. mind

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • “sinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “sinn” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German sin.

Noun edit

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna)

  1. mind

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old English sīþ, Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīth, Old High German sind, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs).

Determiner edit

sinn

  1. Alternative form of sínn (“one’s”)

Declension edit

    Declension of sinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sínn, sinn sín sítt, sitt
accusative sínn, sinn sína sítt, sitt
dative sínum sínni, sinni sínu
genitive síns sínnar, sinnar síns
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sínir sínar sín
accusative sína sínar sín
dative sínum sínum sínum
genitive sínna, sinna sínna, sinna sínna, sinna

Noun edit

sinn n

  1. time, occurrence
    Synonym: sinni

Usage notes edit

  • As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinni.

Declension edit

  Declension of sinn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sinn sinnit sinn sinnin
accusative sinn sinnit sinn sinnin
dative sinni sinninu sinnum sinnunum
genitive sinns sinnsins sinna sinnanna

References edit

  • “sinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish sinni. Cognates include Irish sinn and Manx shin.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

sinn (emphatic sinne)

  1. first-person plural pronoun; we, us
    Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.
    We’ll go to the bank tomorrow; you'll see us there.

See also edit

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
simple emphatic
singular plural singular plural
First person mi sinn mise sinne
Second person thu, tu1) sibh thusa, tusa1) sibhse
Third person m e iad esan iadsan
Third person f i ise
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
**) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
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