gína

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See also: gina, Gina, and gín-á

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.

Verb

gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

  1. to gape, open one's mouth wide
Conjugation
gína — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að gína
supine
(sagnbót) 		ginið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		gínandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gín við gínum present
(nútíð) 		ég gíni við gínum
þú gín þið gínið þú gínir þið gínið
hann, hún, það gín þeir, þær, þau gína hann, hún, það gíni þeir, þær, þau gíni
past
(þátíð) 		ég gein við ginum past
(þátíð) 		ég gini við ginum
þú geinst þið ginuð þú ginir þið ginuð
hann, hún, það gein þeir, þær, þau ginu hann, hún, það gini þeir, þær, þau ginu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gín (þú) gínið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gíndu gíniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish gine.

Noun

gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

  1. mannequin, dummy
Declension
Declension of gína (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gína gínan gínur gínurnar
accusative gínu gínuna gínur gínurnar
dative gínu gínunni gínum gínunum
genitive gínu gínunnar gína gínanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, related to Old English tōgīnan (“gape”) ġinian, ġeonian (English yawn), Old High German ginēn, gainōn (German gähnen). Also related to Lithuanian žióti, Latin hiō, hiscō (“gape”).

Verb

gína (singular past indicative gein, plural past indicative ginu, past participle gininn)

  1. to gape
  2. to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of gína — active (strong class 1)
infinitive gína
present participle gínandi
past participle gininn
indicative present past
1st-person singular gín gein
2nd-person singular gínn geint
3rd-person singular gínn gein
1st-person plural gínum ginum
2nd-person plural gínið ginuð
3rd-person plural gína ginu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gína gina
2nd-person singular gínir ginir
3rd-person singular gíni gini
1st-person plural gínim ginim
2nd-person plural gínið ginið
3rd-person plural gíni gini
imperative present
2nd-person singular gín
1st-person plural gínum
2nd-person plural gínið
Conjugation of gína — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive gínask
present participle gínandisk
past participle ginizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular gínumk ginumk
2nd-person singular gínsk geinzk
3rd-person singular gínsk geinsk
1st-person plural gínumsk ginumsk
2nd-person plural gínizk ginuzk
3rd-person plural gínask ginusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gínumk ginumk
2nd-person singular gínisk ginisk
3rd-person singular gínisk ginisk
1st-person plural gínimsk ginimsk
2nd-person plural gínizk ginizk
3rd-person plural gínisk ginisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gínsk
1st-person plural gínumsk
2nd-person plural gínizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gína
  • Faroese: gina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gina

References

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