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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish gine.

Noun

gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

  1. mannequin, dummy
Declension
    Declension of gína
f-w1 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

Descendants

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

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