hin

See also: -hin and hin-

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין‏, from Egyptian hnw (“jar, unit of liquid volume”):

NounEdit

hin (plural hins)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
   • Bible (NIV), Exodus 30:24:

     500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
   • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:

     The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹⁄₃₂ = 1 ro.

MeronymsEdit

• (Hebrew unit of measure): log (¹⁄₁₂ hin); cab, kab (⅓ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
• (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (¹⁄₃₂ hin); khay (⅓ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

TranslationsEdit

Hebrew unit of measure

• French: hin (fr) m
• German: Hin n
• Icelandic: hín f
• Italian: hin m

• Russian: гин (gin)
• Spanish: hin m
• Swedish: en hin (sv)

Egyptian unit of measure

• Egyptian: (hnw m)

ReferencesEdit

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

AnagramsEdit

• NIH, ihn

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DanishEdit

PronounEdit

hin

1. that

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hinn.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

PronounEdit

hin m, f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

ArticleEdit

hin m, f (definite)

1. the

DeclensionEdit

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hin	hin	hitt
Accusative (hvønnfall)		hina
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hinum	hinari / hini	hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	hins	hinnar / hinar	hins
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hinir	hinar	hini
Accusative (hvønnfall)	hinar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	hinna

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hɪn/

• Audio

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AdverbEdit

hin

1. (to) there; thither (archaic)
   • 1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:

     w:Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen

See alsoEdit

• hin-
• hin und wieder

Further readingEdit

• hin in Duden online

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IcelandicEdit

PronounEdit

hin (demonstrative)

1. that (female)

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

hin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hinn.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hin/ (example of pronunciation)

PronounEdit

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

1. the other

   Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.

   We are going to the other side of the fjord.

Derived termsEdit

• hinsides (“the other side”)

ReferencesEdit

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

PronounEdit

hin

1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived termsEdit

• hinsida (“other side”)
• hinsides (“on the other side”)

ArticleEdit

hin

1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related termsEdit

• hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
• hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
• hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

NounEdit

hin c

1. the devil

ReferencesEdit

• Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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West FrisianEdit

NounEdit

hin c (plural hinnen)

1. chicken

Related termsEdit

• hoanne