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See also: Sinn and sinni

English

Verb

sinn (third-person singular simple present sinns, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sin.

Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic
Proto-Semitic *šinn-
Arabic سِنّ (sinn)
Cypriot Arabic sinn

    Inherited from Arabic سِنّ (sinn), from Proto-Semitic *šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

    Noun

    sinn m (plural snan)

    1. tooth

    References

    • Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 277
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    Faroese

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [sɪnː]
      Rhymes: -ɪnː

    Noun

    sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)

    1. time, times
      á sinni ― once (before); another time
      á hesum sinni ― this time, now
      ikki á hvørjum sinni ― not every time, seldom
      á síðsta sinni ― for the last time
      ikki enn á sinni ― not yet

    Declension

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    German

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Verb

    sinn

    1. singular imperative of sinnen

    Icelandic

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

    Noun

    sinn n (genitive singular sinns, nominative plural sinn)

    1. time, as in occurrence
      Synonyms: skipti, sinni
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    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

    Determiner

    sinn (feminine sín, neuter sitt)

    1. Third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
      • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
        Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
        When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
      • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
        Krummi krunkar úti,
        kallar á nafna sinn:
        „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
        hrygg og gæruskinn.“
        Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
        krummi nafni minn.
        Krummi croaks outside,
        calling his namesake:
        “I found the head of a ram,
        backbone and sheepskin.”
        Come now and peck with me,
        Krummi, my namesake.”
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