gína

See also: gina, Gina, gín-á, and Giňa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈciːna/
    Rhymes: -iːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.

Verb

gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

  1. to gape, open one's mouth wide
Conjugation
gína – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur gína
supine sagnbót ginið
present participle
gínandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gín gein gíni gini
þú gín geinst gínir ginir
hann, hún, það gín gein gíni gini
plural við gínum ginum gínum ginum
þið gínið ginuð gínið ginuð
þeir, þær, þau gína ginu gíni ginu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gín (þú), gíndu
plural þið gínið (þið), gíniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish gine.

Noun

gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

  1. mannequin, dummy
Declension
Declension of gína (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gína gínan gínur gínurnar
accusative gínu gínuna gínur gínurnar
dative gínu gínunni gínum gínunum
genitive gínu gínunnar gína gínanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, related to Old English tōgīnan (gape) ġinian, ġeonian (English yawn), Old High German ginēn, gainōn (German gähnen). Also related to Lithuanian žióti, Latin hiō, hiscō (gape).

Verb

gína (singular past indicative gein, plural past indicative ginu, past participle gininn)

  1. to gape
  2. to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of gína — active (strong class 1)
infinitive gína
present participle gínandi
past participle gininn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gín gein gína gina
2nd person singular gínn geint gínir ginir
3rd person singular gínn gein gíni gini
1st person plural gínum ginum gínim ginim
2nd person plural gínið ginuð gínið ginið
3rd person plural gína ginu gíni gini
imperative present
2nd person singular gín
1st person plural gínum
2nd person plural gínið
Conjugation of gína — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive gínask
present participle gínandisk
past participle ginizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gínumk ginumk gínumk ginumk
2nd person singular gínsk geinzk gínisk ginisk
3rd person singular gínsk geinsk gínisk ginisk
1st person plural gínumsk ginumsk gínimsk ginimsk
2nd person plural gínizk ginuzk gínizk ginizk
3rd person plural gínask ginusk gínisk ginisk
imperative present
2nd person singular gínsk
1st person plural gínumsk
2nd person plural gínizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gína
  • Faroese: gina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gina

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)