soinn
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Palatalization of sund.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soinn n
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) eye dialect spelling of sund (“a strait”).
Etymology 2 edit
Compare to Swedish sönder and Norwegian sunder
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
soinn
- (eye dialect, Trøndelag) into a broken or destroyed state
- Hainn slo soinn kneet hass
- He hit his knee (so it became) broken
- Dæ kåmm en diger ellefaint å reiv soinn bokja mi
- A huge elephant came and tore up my book
Etymology 3 edit
Palatalization of sunn.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
soinn (neuter singular sointj or suntj or soinntj or suinntj, definite singular and plural soinne, comparative soinnar, indefinite superlative soinnast)
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) eye dialect spelling of sunn (“healthy”).
- Synonym: fresk
- Dæ æ itj soinntj åt dæ å røyk så myttjy
- It is not healthy for you to smoke so much
- Du kainn lætt vårrå både stærsk å soinn når du e sæksti
- You can easily be both strong and healthy when you are sixty (years old)