pína

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Etymology

From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, penalty, fine, blood money).

Pronunciation

Noun

pína f (genitive singular pínu, plural pínur)

  1. pain

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pína pínan pínur pínurnar
accusative pínu pínuna pínur pínurnar
dative pínu pínuni pínum pínunum
genitive pínu pínunnar pína pínanna

Verb

pína (third person singular past indicative píndi, third person plural past indicative píndu, supine pínt)

  1. to hurt, to torture

Conjugation

Conjugation of pína (group v-1)
infinitive pína
supine pínt
participle (a7)1 pínandi píndur
present past
first singular píni píndi
second singular pínir píndi
third singular pínir píndi
plural pína píndu
imperative
singular pín!
plural pínið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

pína (third person singular past indicative pínaði, third person plural past indicative pínaðu, supine pínað)

  1. to swear

Conjugation

Conjugation of pína (group v-30)
infinitive pína
supine pínað
participle (a6)1 pínandi pínaður
present past
first singular píni pínaði
second singular pínar pínaði
third singular pínar pínaði
plural pína pínaðu
imperative
singular pína!
plural pínið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse pína.

Noun

pína f (genitive singular pínu, nominative plural pínur)

  1. pain, torment
    Synonym: kvöl
  2. a tiny amount
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

pína (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative píndi, supine pínt)

  1. to torture, to torment
    Synonyms: kvelja, pynta
Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon pīna and/or Old English pīn (pain, torment), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, *pīnu, from Latin pēna (penalty, punishment, torment). Compare German Pein (pain).[1]

Noun

pína f (genitive pínu, plural pínur)

  1. torture, punishment
  2. fine
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: pína
  • Faroese: pína
  • Swedish: pina
  • Danish: pine

Etymology 2

From the noun above, and also from Old English pīnian (to torment, torture), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, ultimately from Latin pēna (pain). Compare Middle Low German pînen (to punish).

Verb

pína (singular past indicative pínda, plural past indicative píndu, past participle píndr)

  1. to punish, torment
    Synonym: kvelja
Conjugation
Descendants

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “pín”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 425