hin

See also: -hin, hin-, hīⁿ, and hîn

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hin (plural hins)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
   • 1973, Bible (New International Version), 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.

Meronyms

• (Hebrew unit of measure): log (¹⁄₁₂ hin); cab, kab (¹⁄₃ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
• (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (¹⁄₃₂ hin); khay (¹⁄₃ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

Translations

Hebrew unit of measure

• Esperanto: hino (eo)
• French: hin (fr) m
• German: Hin n
• Icelandic: hín f

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

Egyptian unit of measure

• Egyptian: (hnw m)

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• NHI, NIH, ihn

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic has a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Esimbi ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiˀn], [hin]

Pronoun

hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

hin m or f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m or f (definite)

1. the

Declension

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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French

Etymology

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Interjection

hin

1. (onomatopeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

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Garifuna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)ĩ/

Noun

hin

1. fruit

Inflection

Possessives of hin

	singular		plural
first	nin		win
second	bin		hin
third	masculine	feminine	hin
	lin	tin

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German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪn/

• Audio

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Adverb

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

     Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Adjective

hin (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. (colloquial) on the fritz (out of order)

   Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt

See also

• hin-
• hin und wieder

Further reading

• “hin” in Duden online
• “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

1. that (female)

Declension

    declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hitt
accusative	hinn	hina	hitt
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

Article

hin (f)

1. the (definite article)

Declension

    declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hið
accusative	hinn	hina	hið
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

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Japanese

Romanization

hin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

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Middle English

Pronoun

hin

1. Alternative form of hine

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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.

References

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Pronoun

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

    Declension of hinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hitt
accusative	hinn	hina	hitt
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

Article

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

    Declension of hinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hit
accusative	hinn	hina	hit
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

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

Pronoun

hin

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

Derived terms

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

Article

hin

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

Related terms

• 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”)

Noun

hin c

1. the devil

References

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

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/

Noun

hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

1. (dated) weather

   Synonym: tywydd

Derived terms

• hinsawdd (“climate”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

1. hen
2. chicken meat

Further reading

• “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Yola

Noun

hin

1. Alternative form of hen

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46