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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šin(ā) f (they). Cognate with Arabic هُنَّ (hunna) and Biblical Hebrew הֵן (hen).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
šina
- they (feminine plural subject pronoun)
- those, these same (aforementioned feminine plural noun)
Cuneiform spellings
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See also
| Akkadian personal pronouns¹
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Independent forms
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Pronominal Suffixes
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Nominative
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Oblique²
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Dative
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Predicative³
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Possessive⁴
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Accusative⁵
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Dative⁵
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| Singular
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1st
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anāku
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yâti
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yâšim, ayyâšim
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-āku
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-ī, -ya
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-anni, -nni, -ninni
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-am, -m, -nim
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| 2nd
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m
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atta
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kâta
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kâšim, kâšum
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-āta
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-ka
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-ka
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-kum
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atti
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kâti
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kâšim
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-āti
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-ki
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-ki
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-kim
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| 3rd
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m
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šū
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šuāti, šuātu, šâti
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šuāšim, šâšim
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-
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-šu
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-šu
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-šum
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šī
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šuāti, šâti
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šuāšim, šâšim
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-at
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-ša
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-ši
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-šim
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| Plural
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1st
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nīnu
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niāti
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niāšim
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-ānu
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-ni
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-niāti
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-niāšim
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| 2nd
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m
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attunu
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kunūti
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kunūšim
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-ātina
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-kunu
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-kunūti
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-kunūšim
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| f
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attina
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kināti⁶
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kināšim⁶
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-ātunu
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-kina
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-kināti
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-kināšim
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| 3rd
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m
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šunu
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šunūti
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šunūšim
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-ā
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-šunu
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-šunūti
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-šunūšim
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| f
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šina
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šināti
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šināšim⁶
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-ū
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-šina
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-šināti
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-šināšim
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- 1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection.
- 2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.
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- 3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction.
- 4. Used on nouns and prepositions.
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- 5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive.
- 6. Still unattested form.
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Kott
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔas- / *sV-.
Pronoun
šina
- what?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schiene.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃîna/
- Hyphenation: ši‧na
Noun
šȉna f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏на)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) rail, track (for trains etc.)
- Synonym: (Croatia) trȁčnica
Declension
Further reading
- “šina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024