sin

SymbolEdit

sin

1. (mathematics) A symbol of the trigonometric function sine.

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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English sinn, senn, synn (“injury, mischief, enmity, feud; sin, guilt, crime”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and Proto-Germanic *sundijō, *sundiz (“sin”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent-, *sont- ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true, very, sooth"; see sooth).

Alternative formsEdit

• synne (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: sĭn, IPA^(key): /sɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

NounEdit

sin (plural sins)

1. (theology) A violation of God's will or religious law.

   I'm Christian and I think that's a sin against God.

2. A misdeed.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, The China Governess^[1]:

     The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.

3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
   • Bible, 2 Corinthians v. 21

     He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.

4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
   • William Shakespeare

     Thy ambition, / Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land / Of noble Buckingham.

SynonymsEdit

• haram (in Islam)

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

sin (third-person singular simple present sins, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

1. (intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.

Derived termsEdit

• sinner

TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Modification of shin.

Alternative formsEdit

• seen, sīn

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

sin (plural sins)

1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

AnagramsEdit

• INS, ins, ins., NIS, nis

Alternative formsEdit

• sinu

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sinus. Compare Daco-Romanian sân.

NounEdit

sin

1. breast

See alsoEdit

• tsãtsã

PrepositionEdit

sin

1. Alternative form of ensin.

EtymologyEdit

From Latin signum.

NounEdit

sin m

1. sign

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -in

PronounEdit

sin c (neuter sit, plural sine)

1. (reflexive possessive) third-person sg pronoun, meaning his/her/its (own)

   Han læste sin bog - He read his (own) book

   Compare: Han læste hans bog - He read his (somebody else's) book

See alsoEdit

PronounEdit

sin

1. accusative of si

NounEdit

sin

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages (2006, ISBN 9027205671)

NounEdit

sin f

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: س

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɪːn/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ɪːn

NounEdit

sin f (genitive singular sinar, nominative plural sinar)

1. sinew, tendon

DeclensionEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• san

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sin.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪnʲ/

DeterminerEdit

sin

1. (used with the definite article) that

   an buachaill sin — "that boy"

PronounEdit

sin (demonstrative pronoun)

1. that

   Sin é mo dheartháir.

   That is my brother.

Derived termsEdit

• ó shin

MutationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

sīn

1. but if

PronounEdit

sin

1. singular genitive form of sinā

RafsiEdit

sin

1. rafsi of tsina.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Saxon sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

PronounEdit

sîn

1. (possessive) his; possessive form of he
2. of his; genitive form of he

   • lohant ret her Zeno hen na Verona to dem vader sin.

     John rode Sir Zeno to Verona, to the father of his.

3. sometimes used to form the genitive

   • Deme könnink sin land, dat is: des könninges land.

     The king his land, that is: the king's land.

4. (possessive) its; possessive form of it
5. of it; genitive form of it

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Saxon sīn.

VerbEdit

sîn

1. to be; alternative infinitive of wesen

ConjugationEdit

Usage notesEdit

• Sin/wesen is a verb with two infinitives and mostly identical conjugation, similar to Dutch zijn/wezen. Some forms, such as the imperative (sit/west), may differ depending on the infinitive preferred, but in general which one was used was a matter of personal preference. (This is also true for modern Low German.)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [sɪ̀n]

EtymologyEdit

Compare Tlingit shí, shī, shi(n) (“sing, song”), Eyak tsį, Dena'ina shen, Galice šan (“song”), Lipan Apache shį̀.

NounEdit

sin (possessed form biyiin)

1. song

Derived termsEdit

• shiyiin = "my song"

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sinn.

PronounEdit

sin m (feminine si, neuter sitt, plural sine)

1. (reflexive) her/his/its/their
2. indicating possession; 's, of

   Det var skolen sin bil.

   It was the the school's car.

ReferencesEdit

• “sin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sinn.

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

sin m (feminine si, neuter sitt, plural sine)

1. (reflexive) her/his/its/their
2. indicating possession; 's, of

   Det var skulen sin bil.

   It was the the school's car.

ReferencesEdit

• “sin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sīn m, n

1. his, its

DescendantsEdit

• Middle Dutch: sijn
  • Dutch: zijn

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his, her, its, their”, genitive reflexive), from Proto-Indo-European *seinos (“his”), genitive of *só (“that”). Cognate with Old Frisian sīn (“his, its”), Old Saxon sīn (“his”) (Middle Low German sin), Dutch zijn, Old High German sīn (“his”) (German sein), Old Norse sínn (“one's own”), Old English sē (“that, that one, he”). More at the.

PronounEdit

sīn

1. (rare, chiefly dialectal, reflexive possessive pronoun) His; her; its; their.

   him Hrōþgār ġewāt tō hofe sīnum — For him Hrothgar went to his courtyard

   þæt wīf tredeð mid sīnum fōtom — The woman walked with her feet

   þec Israhēla heriað, herran sīnne — Israel plunders thee, their lords

Usage notesEdit

• Usually occurs in non-West Saxon dialects; rarely occurs in West Saxon prose, where it was replaced early on by the genitive forms: his, hiere and hiera.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *sindo- (compare Welsh hyn), from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”) or Proto-Indo-European *só (“that”); strong doublet of in (“the”).

DeterminerEdit

sin

1. that (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article)

   a ndéde sin – "that pair (of things)"

SynonymsEdit

• tall

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: sin
• Scottish Gaelic: sin
• Manx: shen

PronounEdit

sin

1. that (as a direct object, used together with a clitic pronoun)
   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 14^d26

     Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.

     It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sīn m, n

1. (rare, chiefly dialectal, reflexive possessive pronoun) his, its

   that thar sîn ist: that sculun iuuua seolon uuesen

   that where his lies: that they shall be your souls (Heliand, verse 3832)

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”) (with some parts from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)). Cognate with Old Dutch sīn (“to be”), Old English sēon (“to be”), Old High German sīn. More at sooth.

VerbEdit

sīn (irregular)

1. to be (more at wesan)

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

• Low German: sön, sennen

PronounEdit

sin m

1. his, hers or its

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sin.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ʃɪn]

PronounEdit

sin

1. that

   Dè tha sin? - What is that?

Derived termsEdit

• mar sin

DeterminerEdit

sin

1. (used with the definite article) that

   an gille sin — that boy

Derived termsEdit

• air a shon sin - nevertheless
• an dèidh sin - afterwards; nevertheless
• cho math ri sin - furthermore
• iad sin - those

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sîːn/

NounEdit

sȋn m (Cyrillic spelling си̑н)

1. son

DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sîn/

NounEdit

sȉn m (Cyrillic spelling си̏н)

1. sin (letter of various Semitic abjads)

DeclensionEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

NounEdit

sín m anim (^??? please provide the genitive!, ^??? please provide the nominative plural!)

1. son

DeclensionEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sine.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sin/

PrepositionEdit

sin

1. without

AntonymsEdit

• con

Related termsEdit

• sin embargo
• sin demora

Etymology 1Edit

Nominalisation of sina (“run dry”).

NounEdit

sin ?

1. Dryness, the state of having run dry.

Usage notesEdit

Most commonly used when referring to either milk or funds.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Swedish sīn, from Old Norse sínn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz. Cognate with Danish sin, Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins), German sein, Dutch zijn.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): siːn

PronounEdit

sin c (neuter sitt, plural sina)

1. his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own). (Reflexive possessive third person pronoun).

   Han hämtade sin post för tio minuter sedan

   He picked up his (own) mail ten minutes ago

   Compare: Han hämtade hans post för tio minuter sedan

   He picked up his (somebody else’s) mail ten minutes ago.

   Hon samlar sina dikter i en låda

   She collects her poems in a box

   Hunden tycker inte om sitt halsband

   The dog doesn’t like its collar

   De tog sina papper och lämnade mötet

   They gathered their papers and left the meeting

Usage notesEdit

• The inflection of the word sin is determined by the gender and number of the object: sin for common singular, sitt for neuter singular, and sina for plural, just like an adjective.

DeclensionEdit

PronounEdit

sin

1. you (singular), thou

NounEdit

sin

1. sentence
2. sense