gína

See also: gina, Gina, and gín-á

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈciːna/

  Rhymes: -iːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.

Verb

gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

1. to gape, open one's mouth wide

Conjugation

gína — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gína
supine (sagnbót)		ginið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gínandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gín	við gínum	present (nútíð)	ég gíni	við gínum
	þú gín	þið gínið		þú gínir	þið gínið
	hann, hún, það gín	þeir, þær, þau gína		hann, hún, það gíni	þeir, þær, þau gíni
past (þátíð)	ég gein	við ginum	past (þátíð)	ég gini	við ginum
	þú geinst	þið ginuð		þú ginir	þið ginuð
	hann, hún, það gein	þeir, þær, þau ginu		hann, hún, það gini	þeir, þær, þau ginu
imperative (boðháttur)	gín (þú)	gínið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gíndu	gíniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• gin
• gínald

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish gine.

Noun

gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

1. mannequin, dummy

Declension

declension of gína

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gína	gínan	gínur	gínurnar
accusative	gínu	gínuna	gínur	gínurnar
dative	gínu	gínunni	gínum	gínunum
genitive	gínu	gínunnar	gína	gínanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, related to Old English tōgīnan (“gape”) ġinian, ġeonian (English yawn), Old High German ginēn, gainōn (German gähnen). Also related to Lithuanian žióti, Latin hiō, hiscō (“gape”).

Verb

gína (singular past indicative gein, plural past indicative ginu, past participle gininn)

1. to gape
2. to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of gína — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	gína
present participle	gínandi
past participle	gininn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gín	gein
2nd-person singular	gínn	geint
3rd-person singular	gínn	gein
1st-person plural	gínum	ginum
2nd-person plural	gínið	ginuð
3rd-person plural	gína	ginu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gína	gina
2nd-person singular	gínir	ginir
3rd-person singular	gíni	gini
1st-person plural	gínim	ginim
2nd-person plural	gínið	ginið
3rd-person plural	gíni	gini
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gín
1st-person plural	gínum
2nd-person plural	gínið

Conjugation of gína — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	gínask
present participle	gínandisk
past participle	ginizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gínumk	ginumk
2nd-person singular	gínsk	geinzk
3rd-person singular	gínsk	geinsk
1st-person plural	gínumsk	ginumsk
2nd-person plural	gínizk	ginuzk
3rd-person plural	gínask	ginusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gínumk	ginumk
2nd-person singular	gínisk	ginisk
3rd-person singular	gínisk	ginisk
1st-person plural	gínimsk	ginimsk
2nd-person plural	gínizk	ginizk
3rd-person plural	gínisk	ginisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gínsk
1st-person plural	gínumsk
2nd-person plural	gínizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: gína
• Faroese: gina
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gina

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)