pinn

pinn

See also: pínn

Cimbrian

Verb

pinn

  1. first-person singular present indicative of soin

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

pinn m

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of pinn
radical lenition eclipsis
pinn phinn bpinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 4, page 6

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]
    • Rhymes: -inn

    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

    Strong i-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative pinn pinnas
    accusative pinn pinnas
    genitive pinnes pinna
    dative pinne pinnum
    a-stem

    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative pinn pinnas
    accusative pinn pinnas
    genitive pinnes pinna
    dative pinne pinnum

    Descendants

    • Middle English: pinne, pin
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