tsjinje

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thiānia, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną, from *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”). Cognate with Dutch dienen and German dienen.

Pronunciation

Verb

tsjinje

  1. serve.
  2. devote oneself to, pay tribute to.
  3. suitable, useful, beneficial (for); (to) fulfill a function; be a means or instrument to achieve something; to make happen.
  4. ought (to do), must. (rarely used, literary).
  5. be taken into consideration by the court.

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive tsjinje
3rd singular past tsjine
past participle tsjine
infinitive tsjinje
long infinitive tsjinjen
gerund tsjinjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular tsjinje tsjine
2nd singular tsjinest tsjinest
3rd singular tsjinet tsjine
plural tsjinje tsjinen
imperative tsjinje
participles tsjinjend tsjine

Further reading

  • “tsjinje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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