minn

See also: Minn, mínn, and Minn.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnː/

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Pronoun

minn (feminine mín, neuter mitt)

1. (possessive) my, mine (used referring to someone/something masculine)
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfud 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.”

   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,

     rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,

     hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,

     úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;

     Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,

     drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.

     Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,

     the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.

     Here many spirits of the dark

     threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.

     The Lord leads my horse,

     it is still a long, long way home.

   Þetta er maðurinn minn, hann Þorlákur.

   This is my husband Þorlákur.

Declension

possessive pronouns
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	minn	mín	mitt		mínir	mínar	mín
accusative	minn	mína	mitt		mína	mínar	mín
dative	mínum	minni	mínu		mínum	mínum	mínum
genitive	míns	minnar	míns		minna	minna	minna

Derived terms

• dömur mínar og herrar
• mínlegur
• minns (“the minituarized character I'm playing as”)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مِنْ‎ (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnn/

Preposition

minn

1. from

Inflection

Inflected forms of minn
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		minni		minna
2nd person		minnek		minnkom
3rd person		minnu	minnha	minnhom
Definite forms
Xemxin				Qamrin
miċ- · mid- · min- mir- · mis- · mit- · mix- · miz- · miż-				mill-

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

minn

1. imperative of minne

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• mínn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old High German mīn.

Determiner

minn

1. my

Declension

    Declension of minn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	minn	mín	mitt
accusative	minn	mína	mitt
dative	mínum	minni	mínu
genitive	míns	minnar	míns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mínir	mínar	mín
accusative	mína	mínar	mín
dative	mínum	mínum	mínum
genitive	minna	minna	minna

Descendants

See mínn.