hin

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See also: -hin, hin-, hīⁿ, and hîn

Translingual

Symbol

hin

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hindi.

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian
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 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).

Noun

hin (plural hins)

  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
    • 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:
      500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
  2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
    • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
      The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to 1⁄32 = 1 ro.

Meronyms

Translations

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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic languages have a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Old English ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

  1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hin m or f (demonstrative)

  1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m or f (definite)

  1. the

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hin hin hitt
Accusative (hvønnfall) hina
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum hinari / hini hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hins hinnar / hinar hins
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hinir hinar hini
Accusative (hvønnfall) hinar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hinna


French

Etymology

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

Pronunciation

Interjection

hin

  1. (onomatopeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

Pronunciation

Noun

hin

  1. fruit

Inflection

Possessives of hin
singular plural
first nin win
second bin hin
third masculine feminine hin
lin tin

German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare English hence.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hin

  2. Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
    • 1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:
      w:Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen
      Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Adjective

hin (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (colloquial) haven taken its course, situated, left
    Synonym: hingegangen
    Ich werde nachsehen, wo die Pakete hin sind. ― I'll check where the packages went.
  2. (colloquial) on the fritz, bruck, out of order
    Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt
  3. (colloquial) exhausted, depleted
  4. (colloquial) captivated, fully on wass
    Synonyms: (all also formal) hingerissen, hin und weg, hinüber

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “hin” in Duden online
  • “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

  1. that (female)

Declension

    declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hitt
accusative hinn hina hitt
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Article

hin (f)

  1. the (definite article)

Declension

    declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hið
accusative hinn hina hið
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Japanese

Romanization

hin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

  1. the other
    Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.
    We are going to the other side of the fjord.

References

Old Norse

Pronoun

hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

    Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hitt
accusative hinn hina hitt
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Article

hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

    Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hit
accusative hinn hina hit
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Spanish

Interjection

hin

  1. neigh (horse sound)

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun, a noa-name, might have been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

  1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

Article

hin

  1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

  • hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
  • hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
  • hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

  1. (euphemistic) the devil
    Synonyms: den lede, den onde, hin håle, hin onde, skam

References

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hin

  1. (of a nose) narrow

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Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.

Pronunciation

Noun

hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

  1. (dated) weather
    Synonym: tywydd

Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

  1. hen
  2. chicken meat

Further reading

  • “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hen

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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