sinine

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪniːn/

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sinine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in Heimia salicifolia.

• innies

From Proto-Finnic *sininen, from sini- +‎ -ne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinine/
• Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne
• Rhymes: -ine

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist, comparative sinisem, superlative kõige sinisem or siniseim)

1. blue (color)

   Ta oli mustade juuste ja siniste silmadega.

   She had black hair and blue eyes.

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist)

1. The color blue.

   Aed värviti sinise värviga üle.

   The fence was painted with the blue color.

2. Something colored in blue.

   Ma kannan meeleldi sinist.

   I like to wear blue.

sinine

1. Used in mild curse phrases, usually suits phonetically with the next word.

   Oh sa sinine sitikas!

   Damn it!

   (literally, “You blue beetle!”)

From Proto-Finnic *sininen. Cognates include Finnish sininen and Veps sinine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲinʲinʲe/
• Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne

sinine (genitive sinizen, partitive sinistä)

1. (South Karelian) blue

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• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “sinine”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

sinine

1. blue (color)

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From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

sinine

1. blue

• muzasinine
• sinižma

sinine

1. blue

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “синий”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

sinine (genitive sinidse, partitive sinist)

1. blue