Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, penalty, fine, blood money).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pína f (genitive singular pínu, plural pínur)

  1. pain

Declension

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Declension of pína
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pína pínan pínur pínurnar
accusative pínu pínuna pínur pínurnar
dative pínu pínuni pínum pínunum
genitive pínu pínunnar pína pínanna

Verb

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pína (third person singular past indicative píndi, third person plural past indicative píndu, supine pínt)

  1. to hurt, to torture

Conjugation

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Conjugation of pína (group v-1)
infinitive pína
supine pínt
participle (a7)1 pínandi píndur
present past
first singular píni píndi
second singular pínir píndi
third singular pínir píndi
plural pína píndu
imperative
singular pín!
plural pínið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

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pína (third person singular past indicative pínaði, third person plural past indicative pínaðu, supine pínað)

  1. to swear

Conjugation

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Conjugation of pína (group v-30)
infinitive pína
supine pínað
participle (a6)1 pínandi pínaður
present past
first singular píni pínaði
second singular pínar pínaði
third singular pínar pínaði
plural pína pínaðu
imperative
singular pína!
plural pínið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pína.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pína f (genitive singular pínu, nominative plural pínur)

  1. pain, torment
  2. a tiny amount

Declension

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Synonyms

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Verb

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pína (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative píndi, supine pínt)

  1. to torture, to torment

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Old Saxon pīna and/or Old English pīn (pain, torment), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, *pīnu, from Latin pēna (penalty, punishment, torment). Compare German Pein (pain).[1]

Noun

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pína f (genitive pínu, plural pínur)

  1. torture, punishment
  2. fine
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: pína
  • Faroese: pína
  • Swedish: pina
  • Danish: pine

Etymology 2

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From the noun above, and also from Old English pīnian (to torment, torture), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, ultimately from Latin pēna (pain). Compare Middle Low German pînen (to punish).

Verb

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pína (singular past indicative pínda, plural past indicative píndu, past participle píndr)

  1. to punish, torment
    Synonym: kvelja
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References

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  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “pín”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 425