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Cimbrian
Verb
pinn
- first-person singular present indicative of soin
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
pinn m
- inflection of peann:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)
- Alternative form of pinne
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (“to protrude, jut out; peak”).
Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin; peg”), Old High German pfin, phin (“peg, pin, nail”), Middle Low German pinne (“small, long, pointed object”) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).
Pronunciation
Noun
pinn m
- pin; peg
- an instrument of writing; pen
Usage notes
- The gender is not known for sure, but it is likely masculine based on Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin, peg”) and Old High German pfin, phin (“pin, peg”), which are both i-stem and a-stem masculine nouns.
Declension
- i-stem
Strong i-stem:
- a-stem
Strong a-stem:
Descendants