sín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

  • ߛߌ߲ (nko)

Noun

sín

  1. breast

Alternative scripts

  • ߛߌ߲߫ (nko)

Verb

sín

  1. to face, be opposite

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʊin]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sín

  1. reflexive pronoun, genitive third-person of seg
Declension
nominative —
accusative seg
dative sær
genitive sín
References
  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 119 f., 325 ff.)

Etymology 2

Old Norse sínn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

Pronoun

sín

  1. his, her, its, their; the third person possessive pronoun
Declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sín sín sítt
accusative sína
dative sínum síni / sínari sínum
genitive (síns) (sínar) (síns)
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sínir sínar síni
accusative sínar
dative sínum
genitive (sína)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiːn]
  • Hyphenation: sín
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From German Schiene (“rail”).

Noun

sín (plural sínek)

  1. rail
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative sín sínek
accusative sínt síneket
dative sínnek síneknek
instrumental sínnel sínekkel
causal-final sínért sínekért
translative sínné sínekké
terminative sínig sínekig
essive-formal sínként sínekként
essive-modal — —
inessive sínben sínekben
superessive sínen síneken
adessive sínnél síneknél
illative sínbe sínekbe
sublative sínre sínekre
allative sínhez sínekhez
elative sínből sínekből
delative sínről sínekről
ablative síntől sínektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		síné síneké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		sínéi sínekéi
Possessive forms of sín
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sínem sínjeim
2nd person sing. síned sínjeid
3rd person sing. sínje sínjei
1st person plural sínünk sínjeink
2nd person plural sínetek sínjeitek
3rd person plural sínjük sínjeik

Etymology 2

sí +‎ -n

Noun

sín

  1. superessive singular of sí

Further reading

  • sín in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sín

  1. genitive of sig
Derived terms
terms derived from the genitive form, or
  • axla sín skinn
  • vera sjálfs sín herra
  • laða til sín
  • kalla til sín
  • mega sín mikils
  • blygðast sín
  • mega missa sín
  • taka orð sín aftur
  • mega sín ekki við
  • segja til sín
  • segir til sín
  • vera miður sín
  • njóta sín
  • vænta sín
  • skipa milli sín
  • njóta sín
  • kalla til sín
  • gæta sín
  • vista til sín
  • falla á sjálfs sín bragði
  • halda orð sín
  • hefna sín
  • kveðja til sín
  • mega sín mikils
  • hefna sín á
  • tala sín á milli
  • skipta á milli sín
  • skammast sín
  • sín á milli

Etymology 2

Determiner

sín

  1. inflection of sinn (“his/her(s)/its”):
    1. feminine nominative singular
    2. neuter nominative plural
    3. neuter accusative plural

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːnʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish sínid,[2] from Proto-Celtic *sīnīti,[3] from the same root as *sīros (“long”) (compare Old Irish sír, Welsh hir), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“late, long”) (compare Sanskrit साय (sāyá, “evening”), Latin sērus (“late”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”).

Verb

sín (present analytic síneann, future analytic sínfidh, verbal noun síneadh, past participle sínte)

  1. to stretch, extend
  2. to pass (transfer from one person to another, hand over)
  3. to lengthen
Conjugation
conjugation of sín (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun síneadh
past participle sínte
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present sínim síneann tú;
sínir† 		síneann sé, sí sínimid síneann sibh síneann siad;
sínid† 		a shíneann; a shíneas /
a síneann* 		síntear
past shín mé; shíneas shín tú; shínis shín sé, sí shíneamar; shín muid shín sibh; shíneabhair shín siad; shíneadar a shín /
ar shín* 		síneadh
past habitual shíninn / síninn‡‡ shínteá / sínteᇇ shíneadh sé, sí / síneadh sé, s퇇 shínimis; shíneadh muid / sínimis‡‡; síneadh muid‡‡ shíneadh sibh / síneadh sibh‡‡ shínidís; shíneadh siad / sínidís‡‡; síneadh siad‡‡ a shíneadh /
a síneadh* 		shíntí / sínt퇇
future sínfidh mé;
sínfead 		sínfidh tú;
sínfir† 		sínfidh sé, sí sínfimid;
sínfidh muid 		sínfidh sibh sínfidh siad;
sínfid† 		a shínfidh; a shínfeas /
a sínfidh* 		sínfear
conditional shínfinn / sínfinn‡‡ shínfeá / sínfeᇇ shínfeadh sé, sí / sínfeadh sé, s퇇 shínfimis; shínfeadh muid / sínfimis‡‡; sínfeadh muid‡‡ shínfeadh sibh / sínfeadh sibh‡‡ shínfidís; shínfeadh siad / sínfidís‡‡; sínfeadh siad‡‡ a shínfeadh /
a sínfeadh* 		shínfí / sínf퇇
subjunctive
present go síne mé;
go sínead† 		go síne tú;
go sínir† 		go síne sé, sí go sínimid;
go síne muid 		go síne sibh go síne siad;
go sínid† 		— go síntear
past dá síninn dá sínteá dá síneadh sé, sí dá sínimis;
dá síneadh muid 		dá síneadh sibh dá sínidís;
dá síneadh siad 		— dá síntí
imperative
– sínim sín síneadh sé, sí sínimis sínigí;
sínidh† 		sínidís — síntear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

From Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”), from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”). Doublet of séan.

Noun

sín f (genitive singular síne, nominative plural síneacha)

  1. sign
    Synonym: comhartha
Declension
Declension of sín (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sín síneacha
vocative a shín a shíneacha
genitive síne síneacha
dative sín síneacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsín na síneacha
genitive na síne na síneacha
dative leis an tsín
don tsín 		leis na síneacha
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sín f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of síon

Mutation

Mutated forms of sín
radical lenition eclipsis
sín shín
after an, tsín 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 126, page 67
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sínid (‘stretch out, extend’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sīnā (“weather”). Cognate with Welsh hin and Breton hinon (“good weather”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲiːn/ (nominative singular and genitive plural)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲiːnʲ/ (accusative and dative singular)

Noun

sín f (genitive síne, nominative plural sína)

  1. weather
    • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 33b14
      .i. conscuchud suas ar ómun inna sín⁠.
      i.e. moving upwards for fear of the storms.
    • Tecosca Cormaic, published in Tecosca Cormaic. The Instructions of King Cormaic Mac Airt (1909, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, page 36, §17, line 8
      Dech do sínaib céo […]
      The best of weathers is mist […]

Usage notes

Often, but not always, with negative connotations.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative sínL sínL sínaH
vocative sínL sínL sínaH
accusative sínN sínL sínaH
genitive síneH sínL sínN
dative sínL sínaib sínaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: sín

Mutation

Mutation of sín
radical lenition nasalization
sín ṡín sín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 336

Further reading

Old Norse

Determiner

sín

  1. inflection of sínn:
    1. feminine nominative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Pronoun

sín

  1. genitive of sik
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