mín

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mín

  1. me; genitive singular of eg (‘I’, the first person personal pronoun)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Pronoun

mín

  1. my, mine; the first person possessive pronoun

Declension

Possessive pronoun - ognarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) mín mín mítt
Accusative (hvønnfall) mína
Dative (hvørjumfall) mínum míni / mínari mínum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (míns) (mínar) (míns)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) mínir mínar míni
Accusative (hvønnfall) mínar
Dative (hvørjumfall) mínum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (mína)

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mín

  1. (personal): genitive singular of ég meaning me
    Þú ætlar að ganga til mín.
    You are going to walk to me.
    Hver er stysta leiðin til að fara heim til mín?
    What is the shortest way to go home to me?
Declension
  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mín

  1. (possessive): nominative feminine singular of minn
    Þetta er mín eign.
    This is my property.
  2. (possessive): nominative neuter plural of minn
  3. (possessive): accusative neuter plural of minn
Declension
possessive pronouns
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative minn mín mitt mínir mínar mín
accusative minn mína mitt mína mínar mín
dative mínum minni mínu mínum mínum mínum
genitive míns minnar míns minna minna minna

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mín (“smooth, level, calm; self-restrained, gentle, placid, courteous, docile, subdued, tame; digestible, palatable; soft”), from Proto-Celtic *mīnos (“soft, tender”), which is related to *mēto-, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mín (genitive singular masculine mín, genitive singular feminine míne, plural míne, comparative míne)

  1. smooth
    1. having even, level surface
    2. smooth to the touch, polished
    3. free from wrinkles or hair
    4. not harsh
    5. soft, delicate
    6. flowing
    7. suave, plausible
  2. fine (of a comb, sieve, etc.), small
  3. gentle, courteous, tender; quiet, still (of person, manner)

Declension

Declension of mín
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mín mhín míne;
mhíne²
Vocative mhín míne
Genitive míne míne mín
Dative mín;
mhín¹ 		mhín míne;
mhíne²
Comparative níos míne
Superlative is míne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

mín f (genitive singular míne, nominative plural mínte)

  1. smooth, fine thing or part
  2. (geography) smooth, level land; tillable land; tract of grassland in mountain

Declension

Declension of mín

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mín mínte
Vocative a mhín a mhínte
Genitive míne mínte
Dative mín mínte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhín na mínte
Genitive na míne na mínte
Dative leis an mín

don mhín

leis na mínte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mín mhín not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

mín (min2, Zhuyin ㄇㄧㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姄
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岷
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崏
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忞
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忟
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怋
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捪
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敯
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旻
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旼
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暉／晖
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 民
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珉
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琘
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑉
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痻
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盿
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砇
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碈
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緍／𦈏
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緡／缗
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缗
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罠
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苠
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賬／账
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈱／𲇸
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錉
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍲
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閔／闵
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閺

Old Norse

Determiner

mín

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

Pronoun

mín

  1. genitive of ek
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