sinine

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

sinine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in Heimia salicifolia.

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Anagrams

Estonian

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen, from sini- +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinine/
  • Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne
  • Rhymes: -ine

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist, comparative sinisem, superlative kõige sinisem or siniseim)

  1. blue (color)
    Ta oli mustade juuste ja siniste silmadega.
    She had black hair and blue eyes.

Declension

Declension of sinine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sinine sinised
accusative nom.
gen. sinise
genitive siniste
partitive sinist siniseid
illative sinisesse sinistesse
siniseisse
inessive sinises sinistes
siniseis
elative sinisest sinistest
siniseist
allative sinisele sinistele
siniseile
adessive sinisel sinistel
siniseil
ablative siniselt sinistelt
siniseilt
translative siniseks sinisteks
siniseiks
terminative siniseni sinisteni
essive sinisena sinistena
abessive siniseta sinisteta
comitative sinisega sinistega

Noun

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist)

  1. The color blue.
    Aed värviti sinise värviga üle.
    The fence was painted with the blue color.
  2. Something colored in blue.
    Ma kannan meeleldi sinist.
    I like to wear blue.

Declension

Declension of sinine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sinine sinised
accusative nom.
gen. sinise
genitive siniste
partitive sinist siniseid
illative sinisesse sinistesse
siniseisse
inessive sinises sinistes
siniseis
elative sinisest sinistest
siniseist
allative sinisele sinistele
siniseile
adessive sinisel sinistel
siniseil
ablative siniselt sinistelt
siniseilt
translative siniseks sinisteks
siniseiks
terminative siniseni sinisteni
essive sinisena sinistena
abessive siniseta sinisteta
comitative sinisega sinistega

Interjection

sinine

  1. Used in mild curse phrases, usually suits phonetically with the next word.
    Oh sa sinine sitikas!
    Damn it!
    (literally, “You blue beetle!”)

See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)
     valge      hall      must
             punane; karmiinpunane              oranž; pruun              kollane; kreem
             laimiroheline, kollakasroheline              roheline              mündiroheline; tumeroheline
             tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline              taevasinine, taevassinine              sinine
             lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine              fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane              roosa

Karelian

Regional variants of sinine
North Karelian
(Viena)
šinini
South Karelian
(Tver)
sinine

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen. Cognates include Finnish sininen and Veps sinine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲinʲinʲe/
  • Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinizen, partitive sinistä)

  1. (South Karelian) blue

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “sinine”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine

  1. blue (color)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine

  1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of sinine (inflection type 28/sinine)
nominative sing. sinine
genitive sing. sinižen
partitive sing. siništ
partitive plur. sinižid
singular plural
nominative sinine sinižed
accusative sinižen sinižed
genitive sinižen sinižiden
partitive siništ sinižid
essive-instructive sinižen sinižin
translative sinižeks sinižikš
inessive sinižes sinižiš
elative sinižespäi sinižišpäi
illative sinižehe sinižihe
adessive sinižel sinižil
ablative siniželpäi sinižilpäi
allative sinižele sinižile
abessive sinižeta sinižita
comitative siniženke sinižidenke
prolative siništme sinižidme
approximative I siniženno sinižidenno
approximative II sinižennoks sinižidennoks
egressive sinižennopäi sinižidennopäi
terminative I sinižehesai sinižihesai
terminative II siniželesai sinižilesai
terminative III sinižessai
additive I sinižehepäi sinižihepäi
additive II siniželepäi sinižilepäi

Derived terms

Noun

sinine

  1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of sinine (inflection type 28/sinine)
nominative sing. sinine
genitive sing. sinižen
partitive sing. siništ
partitive plur. sinižid
singular plural
nominative sinine sinižed
accusative sinižen sinižed
genitive sinižen sinižiden
partitive siništ sinižid
essive-instructive sinižen sinižin
translative sinižeks sinižikš
inessive sinižes sinižiš
elative sinižespäi sinižišpäi
illative sinižehe sinižihe
adessive sinižel sinižil
ablative siniželpäi sinižilpäi
allative sinižele sinižile
abessive sinižeta sinižita
comitative siniženke sinižidenke
prolative siništme sinižidme
approximative I siniženno sinižidenno
approximative II sinižennoks sinižidennoks
egressive sinižennopäi sinižidennopäi
terminative I sinižehesai sinižihesai
terminative II siniželesai sinižilesai
terminative III sinižessai
additive I sinižehepäi sinižihepäi
additive II siniželepäi sinižilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “синий”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinidse, partitive sinist)

  1. blue

Inflection