beina

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vagina. Compare Spanish vaina.

Pronunciation

Noun

beina f (plural beines)

  1. sheath, scabbard
  2. (botany) pod

Further reading

Faroese

Verb

beina (third person singular past indicative beindi, third person plural past indicative beint, supine beint)

  1. to straighten, to tidy up

Conjugation

Conjugation of beina (group v-1)
infinitive beina
supine beint
participle (a7)1 beinandi beindur
present past
first singular beini beindi
second singular beinir beindi
third singular beinir beindi
plural beina beindu
imperative
singular bein!
plural beinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

beina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beindi, supine beint)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to aim, to direct, to point

Conjugation

beina — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að beina
supine
(sagnbót) 		beint
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		beinandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég beini við beinum present
(nútíð) 		ég beini við beinum
þú beinir þið beinið þú beinir þið beinið
hann, hún, það beinir þeir, þær, þau beina hann, hún, það beini þeir, þær, þau beini
past
(þátíð) 		ég beindi við beindum past
(þátíð) 		ég beindi við beindum
þú beindir þið beinduð þú beindir þið beinduð
hann, hún, það beindi þeir, þær, þau beindu hann, hún, það beindi þeir, þær, þau beindu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		bein (þú) beinið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
beindu beiniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
beinast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að beinast
supine
(sagnbót) 		beinst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		beinandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég beinist við beinumst present
(nútíð) 		ég beinist við beinumst
þú beinist þið beinist þú beinist þið beinist
hann, hún, það beinist þeir, þær, þau beinast hann, hún, það beinist þeir, þær, þau beinist
past
(þátíð) 		ég beindist við beindumst past
(þátíð) 		ég beindist við beindumst
þú beindist þið beindust þú beindist þið beindust
hann, hún, það beindist þeir, þær, þau beindust hann, hún, það beindist þeir, þær, þau beindust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		beinst (þú) beinist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
beinstu beinisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

beina n

  1. definite plural of bein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

beina n

  1. definite plural of bein

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

beina f

  1. definite singular of beine

Old Norse

Etymology

From beinn (“straight, friendly, hospitable”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Verb

beina (singular past indicative beindi, plural past indicative beindu, past participle beindr)

  1. to stretch out, put into motion
  2. to further, promote

Conjugation

Conjugation of beina — active (weak class 1)
infinitive beina
present participle beinandi
past participle beindr
indicative present past
1st-person singular beini beinda
2nd-person singular beinir beindir
3rd-person singular beinir beindi
1st-person plural beinum beindum
2nd-person plural beinið beinduð
3rd-person plural beina beindu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular beina beinda
2nd-person singular beinir beindir
3rd-person singular beini beindi
1st-person plural beinim beindim
2nd-person plural beinið beindið
3rd-person plural beini beindi
imperative present
2nd-person singular bein, beini
1st-person plural beinum
2nd-person plural beinið
Conjugation of beina — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive beinask
present participle beinandisk
past participle beinzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular beinumk beindumk
2nd-person singular beinisk beindisk
3rd-person singular beinisk beindisk
1st-person plural beinumsk beindumsk
2nd-person plural beinizk beinduzk
3rd-person plural beinask beindusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular beinumk beindumk
2nd-person singular beinisk beindisk
3rd-person singular beinisk beindisk
1st-person plural beinimsk beindimsk
2nd-person plural beinizk beindizk
3rd-person plural beinisk beindisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular beinsk, beinisk
1st-person plural beinumsk
2nd-person plural beinizk

Related terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: beina

References

  • “beina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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