hinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with English yon (that, that one over there).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hitt)

  1. (demonstrative) other, the other, the other one, the next; that (in conjunction with þessi (this, that))
    • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
      Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
      If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

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Article

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hið)

  1. the (definite article)
    Synonyms: -inn, inn, enn
    • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
      Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.
      God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic هُنَا (hunā, here) or a related form. Compare hawn.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hinn

  1. (archaic outside idioms) there
    Synonyms: hemm, hemmhekk

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚺᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*hinaʀ), possibly irregularily from Proto-Germanic *jainaz (that over there, yon), whence also Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Pronoun

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hitt)

  1. (demonstrative) the other
  2. (emphatically) that

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: hinn
  • Faroese: hin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hin
  • Old Swedish: hīn
    • Swedish: hin (obsolete as demonstrative); hin c (the devil)
  • Danish: hin
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hin

Article

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hit)

  1. the (definite article)

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Descendants

References

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

Swedish

Verb

hinn

  1. imperative of hinna