pinn

See also: pínn

Cimbrian

Verb

pinn

1. first-person singular present indicative of soin

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /pʲaiɲ/
• (Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪn̠ʲ/

Noun

pinn m

1. inflection of peann:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pinn	phinn	bpinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. Alternative form of pinne

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (“to protrude, jut out; peak”).

Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin; peg”), Old High German pfin, phin (“peg, pin, nail”), Middle Low German pinne (“small, long, pointed object”) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinn/, [pin]

Noun

pinn m

1. pin; peg
2. an instrument of writing; pen

Usage notes

• The gender is not known for sure, but it is likely masculine based on Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin, peg”) and Old High German pfin, phin (“pin, peg”), which are both i-stem and a-stem masculine nouns.

Declension

i-stem

Declension of pinn (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pinn	pinnas
accusative	pinn	pinnas
genitive	pinnes	pinna
dative	pinne	pinnum

a-stem

Declension of pinn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pinn	pinnas
accusative	pinn	pinnas
genitive	pinnes	pinna
dative	pinne	pinnum

Related terms

• penn
• *pennian (in onpennian)
• pinca
• pintel

Descendants

• Middle English: pinne, pin
  • English: pin
  • Scots: pinne, pin