sinni

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Afar

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinːi/
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ni

Pronoun

sínni

  1. (Southern Afar) yourselves
  2. (Southern Afar) themselves
  3. (Awash) ourselves
See also

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sinˈni/
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ni

Determiner

sinní

  1. (Southern Afar) your own
  2. (Southern Afar) their own
  3. (Awash) our own
See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 138
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sinne.

Pronunciation

Noun

sinni (dialectal)

  1. stubbornness, perseverance, doggedness, especially in a negative way

Declension

Inflection of sinni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative sinni sinnit
genitive sinnin sinnien
partitive sinniä sinnejä
illative sinniin sinneihin
singular plural
nominative sinni sinnit
accusative nom. sinni sinnit
gen. sinnin
genitive sinnin sinnien
partitive sinniä sinnejä
inessive sinnissä sinneissä
elative sinnistä sinneistä
illative sinniin sinneihin
adessive sinnillä sinneillä
ablative sinniltä sinneiltä
allative sinnille sinneille
essive sinninä sinneinä
translative sinniksi sinneiksi
abessive sinnittä sinneittä
instructive sinnein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sinni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnini sinnini
accusative nom. sinnini sinnini
gen. sinnini
genitive sinnini sinnieni
partitive sinniäni sinnejäni
inessive sinnissäni sinneissäni
elative sinnistäni sinneistäni
illative sinniini sinneihini
adessive sinnilläni sinneilläni
ablative sinniltäni sinneiltäni
allative sinnilleni sinneilleni
essive sinninäni sinneinäni
translative sinnikseni sinneikseni
abessive sinnittäni sinneittäni
instructive
comitative sinneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnisi sinnisi
accusative nom. sinnisi sinnisi
gen. sinnisi
genitive sinnisi sinniesi
partitive sinniäsi sinnejäsi
inessive sinnissäsi sinneissäsi
elative sinnistäsi sinneistäsi
illative sinniisi sinneihisi
adessive sinnilläsi sinneilläsi
ablative sinniltäsi sinneiltäsi
allative sinnillesi sinneillesi
essive sinninäsi sinneinäsi
translative sinniksesi sinneiksesi
abessive sinnittäsi sinneittäsi
instructive
comitative sinneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnimme sinnimme
accusative nom. sinnimme sinnimme
gen. sinnimme
genitive sinnimme sinniemme
partitive sinniämme sinnejämme
inessive sinnissämme sinneissämme
elative sinnistämme sinneistämme
illative sinniimme sinneihimme
adessive sinnillämme sinneillämme
ablative sinniltämme sinneiltämme
allative sinnillemme sinneillemme
essive sinninämme sinneinämme
translative sinniksemme sinneiksemme
abessive sinnittämme sinneittämme
instructive
comitative sinneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sinninne sinninne
accusative nom. sinninne sinninne
gen. sinninne
genitive sinninne sinnienne
partitive sinniänne sinnejänne
inessive sinnissänne sinneissänne
elative sinnistänne sinneistänne
illative sinniinne sinneihinne
adessive sinnillänne sinneillänne
ablative sinniltänne sinneiltänne
allative sinnillenne sinneillenne
essive sinninänne sinneinänne
translative sinniksenne sinneiksenne
abessive sinnittänne sinneittänne
instructive
comitative sinneinenne

Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sinn, a borrowing from Middle Low German.

Noun

sinni n (genitive singular sinnis, nominative plural sinni)

  1. disposition, mind
    Synonyms: hugur, geð
  2. opinion
    Synonyms: skoðun, álit
Declension
    Declension of sinni
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sinni sinnið sinni sinnin
accusative sinni sinnið sinni sinnin
dative sinni sinninu sinnum sinnunum
genitive sinnis sinnisins sinna sinnanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Determiner

sinni

  1. feminine dative singular of sinn
Declension
Possessive pronouns (eignarfornöfn)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sinn sín sitt sínir sínar sín
accusative sinn sína sitt sína sínar sín
dative sínum sinni sínu sínum sínum sínum
genitive síns sinnar síns sinna sinna sinna

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen. Cognates include Finnish sininen.

Adjective

siņņi

  1. blue

Old Irish

Etymology

From *sisni, dissimilated from Proto-Celtic *snisni, from *snīs (we) (compare Welsh nini, ni).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sinni (emphatic)

  1. we
    Synonyms: nini, sisni, snisni
    Is sinni.It is we.

Descendants

  • Irish: sinn
  • Scottish Gaelic: sinn
  • Manx: shin

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From earlier of sinni, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô (companion). Cognate with Old English ġesīþ, Old Saxon gisīth, Old High German gisind, gisindo, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰 (gasinþa), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰 (gasinþja).

Noun

sinni m (genitive sinna, plural sinnar)

  1. (poetic) follower, companion
Declension

Etymology 2

Probably from the dative of sinn (time, occurrence).

Noun

sinni n

  1. time, occurrence
    Synonym: sinn
Usage notes
  • As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinn.
Declension

References

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

Yogad

Pronoun

sinní

  1. (interrogative) who