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sin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

sin

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

EnglishEdit

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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 *sundī, *sundijō (“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).

cognates

Cognate with Scots syn, sin (“sin”), Eastern Frisian sende (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), Dutch zonde (“sin”), Low German sunn, sunne (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Swedish synd (“sin”), Icelandic synð, synd (“sin”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from sin (noun)
TranslationsEdit
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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
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Modification of shin.

Alternative formsEdit

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

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sinus. Compare Daco-Romanian sân.

NounEdit

sin

  1. breast

See alsoEdit

AsturianEdit

PrepositionEdit

sin

  1. alternative form of ensin

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin signum.

NounEdit

sin m

  1. sign

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular First common jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Second common du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First — vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second – I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

EsperantoEdit

PronounEdit

sin

  1. accusative of si

GunEdit

NounEdit

sin

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

HausaEdit

NounEdit

sin f

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: س

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sin f (genitive singular sinar, nominative plural sinar)

  1. sinew, tendon

DeclensionEdit

declension of sin
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sin sinin sinar sinarnar
accusative sin sinina sinar sinarnar
dative sin sininni sinum sinunum
genitive sinar sinarinnar sina sinanna

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sin.

PronunciationEdit

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

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sin shin
after "an", tsin		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

LatinEdit

ConjunctionEdit

sīn

  1. but if

LivonianEdit

PronounEdit

sin

  1. singular genitive form of sinā

LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

sin

  1. rafsi of tsina.

Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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
Conjugation of sîn (irregular, suppletive)
infinitive sin
indicative present preterite
1st person singular bün was
2nd person singular büst werst
3rd person singular is was
plural sünd weren
subjunctive present past
1st person singular sî(e) were
2nd person singular sîst, sîest werest
3rd person singular sî(e) were
plural sîn, sîen weren
imperative present —
singular sî
plural sît
participle present past
wesend wesen, wes(e)t
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.)

NavajoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

InflectionEdit

possessives of sin
singular duoplural plural
1st person shiyiin nihiyiin danihiyiin
2nd person niyiin nihiyiin danihiyiin
3rd person biyiin
4th person (3o) yiyiin
4th person (3a) hayiin
Indefinite (3i) ayiin

Norwegian BokmålEdit

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sinn.

PronunciationEdit

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

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sīn m, n

  1. his, its

DescendantsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

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.

Old IrishEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

PronounEdit

sin

  1. that (as a direct object, used together with a clitic pronoun)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
      Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.
      It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

Old SaxonEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sīn m, n

  1. (rare, chiefly dialectal, reflexive possessive pronoun) his, its
    • that thar sīn ist: that sculun iuuua seolon uuesen
      Those are his lies: that they shall be your souls
      (Heliand, verse 3832)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sīn
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative sīn sīne sīn sīne sīn sīnu
accusative sīnana sīne sīn sīne sīna sīnu
genitive sīnes sīnarō sīnes sīnarō sīnaro sīnarō
dative sīnumu sīnum sīnumu sīnum sīnaro sīnum
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative sīno sīnu sīna sīnu sīna sīnu
accusative sīnun sīnun sīna sīnun sīnun sīnun
genitive sīnun sīnonō sīnun sīnonō sīnun sīnonō
dative sīnun sīnum sīnun sīnum sīnun sīnum


DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē sīu it
Accusative mī, mik thī, thik ina sīa
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is, sīn
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkaro inka - - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī gī sīa sīa sīu
Accusative ūs iu
Dative im
Genitive ūsa iuwa iro

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
Conjugation of sīn (athematic verb)
indicative present preterite
1st person singular *em · *im (was)
2nd person singular *art (wāri)
3rd person singular is(t) (was)
plural *sind(un), *arun (wārun)
subjunctive present past
1st person singular sī (wāri)
2nd person singular sīs (wāris)
3rd person singular sī (wāri)
plural sīn (wārin)
imperative present —
singular (wes)
plural (wesad)
participle present past
(wesandi) (gi-wesan)
DescendantsEdit

PicardEdit

PronounEdit

sin m

  1. his, hers or its

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sin.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sin

  1. that
    Dè tha sin? - What is that?

Derived termsEdit

DeterminerEdit

sin

  1. (used with the definite article) that
    an gille sin — that boy

Derived termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sȋn m (Cyrillic spelling си̑н)

  1. son
DeclensionEdit
    declension of sin
singular plural
nominative sȋn sȉnovi
genitive sȋna sȉnōvā
dative sȋnu sȉnovima
accusative sȋna sȉnove
vocative sȋne sȉnovi
locative sínu sȉnovima
instrumental sȋnom sȉnovima

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sȉn m (Cyrillic spelling си̏н)

  1. sin (letter of various Semitic abjads)
DeclensionEdit
    declension of sin
singular plural
nominative sin sini
genitive sina sina
dative sinu sinima
accusative sina sine
vocative sine sini
locative sinu sinima
instrumental sinom sinima

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

sín m anim (genitive sína or sinú, nominative plural síni or sinôvi)

  1. son

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sin
singular dual plural
nominative sin sinova sinovi
accusative sin / sinu sinova sinove
genitive sina sinov sinov
dative sinu sinovoma sinovom
locative sinu sinovih sinovih
instrumental sinom sinovoma sinovi

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sine.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

sin

  1. without

AntonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

SwedishEdit

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

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
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig min mitt mina
2nd person du dig din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen* hen/henom* hens*
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man/en en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår vårt våra
2nd person ni er er ert era
3rd person de dem deras
3rd person reflexive — sig sin sitt sina

*Not universally accepted.

TatarEdit

PronounEdit

sin

  1. you (singular), thou

West FrisianEdit

NounEdit

sin

  1. sentence
  2. sense
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