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sinni

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Afar

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation 1

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsinːi/ [ˈsɪnːɪ]
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ni

Pronoun

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sínni

  1. (Southern Afar) yourselves
  2. (Southern Afar) themselves
  3. (Awash) ourselves
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Pronunciation 2

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  • IPA(key): /sinˈni/ [sɪnˈnɪ]
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ni

Determiner

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sinní

  1. (Southern Afar) your own
  2. (Southern Afar) their own
  3. (Awash) our own
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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 138
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish sinne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsinːi/, [ˈs̠inːi]
  • Rhymes: -inːi
  • Hyphenation(key): sin‧ni

Noun

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sinni (dialectal)

  1. stubbornness, perseverance, doggedness, especially in a negative way

Declension

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Inflection of sinni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative sinni sinnit
genitive sinnin sinnien
partitive sinniä sinnejä
illative sinniin sinneihin
singular plural
nominative sinni sinnit
accusative nom. sinni sinnit
gen. sinnin
genitive sinnin sinnien
partitive sinniä sinnejä
inessive sinnissä sinneissä
elative sinnistä sinneistä
illative sinniin sinneihin
adessive sinnillä sinneillä
ablative sinniltä sinneiltä
allative sinnille sinneille
essive sinninä sinneinä
translative sinniksi sinneiksi
abessive sinnittä sinneittä
instructive sinnein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sinni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnini sinnini
accusative nom. sinnini sinnini
gen. sinnini
genitive sinnini sinnieni
partitive sinniäni sinnejäni
inessive sinnissäni sinneissäni
elative sinnistäni sinneistäni
illative sinniini sinneihini
adessive sinnilläni sinneilläni
ablative sinniltäni sinneiltäni
allative sinnilleni sinneilleni
essive sinninäni sinneinäni
translative sinnikseni sinneikseni
abessive sinnittäni sinneittäni
instructive
comitative sinneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnisi sinnisi
accusative nom. sinnisi sinnisi
gen. sinnisi
genitive sinnisi sinniesi
partitive sinniäsi sinnejäsi
inessive sinnissäsi sinneissäsi
elative sinnistäsi sinneistäsi
illative sinniisi sinneihisi
adessive sinnilläsi sinneilläsi
ablative sinniltäsi sinneiltäsi
allative sinnillesi sinneillesi
essive sinninäsi sinneinäsi
translative sinniksesi sinneiksesi
abessive sinnittäsi sinneittäsi
instructive
comitative sinneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sinnimme sinnimme
accusative nom. sinnimme sinnimme
gen. sinnimme
genitive sinnimme sinniemme
partitive sinniämme sinnejämme
inessive sinnissämme sinneissämme
elative sinnistämme sinneistämme
illative sinniimme sinneihimme
adessive sinnillämme sinneillämme
ablative sinniltämme sinneiltämme
allative sinnillemme sinneillemme
essive sinninämme sinneinämme
translative sinniksemme sinneiksemme
abessive sinnittämme sinneittämme
instructive
comitative sinneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sinninne sinninne
accusative nom. sinninne sinninne
gen. sinninne
genitive sinninne sinnienne
partitive sinniänne sinnejänne
inessive sinnissänne sinneissänne
elative sinnistänne sinneistänne
illative sinniinne sinneihinne
adessive sinnillänne sinneillänne
ablative sinniltänne sinneiltänne
allative sinnillenne sinneillenne
essive sinninänne sinneinänne
translative sinniksenne sinneiksenne
abessive sinnittänne sinneittänne
instructive
comitative sinneinenne

Derived terms

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sinn, a borrowing from Middle Low German.

Noun

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sinni n (genitive singular sinnis, nominative plural sinni)

  1. disposition, mind
    Synonyms: hugur, geð
  2. opinion
    Synonyms: skoðun, álit
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Etymology 2

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Determiner

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sinni

  1. dative feminine singular of sinn (his/her(s)/its)

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sininen. Cognates include Finnish sininen.

Adjective

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siņņi

  1. blue

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From *sisni, dissimilated from Proto-Celtic *snisni, from *snīs (we) (compare Welsh nini, ni).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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sinni (emphatic)

  1. we
    Synonyms: nini, sisni, snisni
    Is sinni.It is we.

Descendants

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  • Irish: sinn
  • Scottish Gaelic: sinn
  • Manx: shin

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From earlier of sinni, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô (companion). Cognate with Old English ġesīþ, Old Saxon gisīth, Old High German gisind, gisindo, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰 (gasinþa), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰 (gasinþja).

Noun

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sinni m (genitive sinna, plural sinnar)

  1. (poetic) follower, companion
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Probably from the dative of sinn (time, occurrence).

Noun

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sinni n

  1. time, occurrence
    Synonym: sinn
Usage notes
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  • As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinn.
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References

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  • sinni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yogad

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Pronoun

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sinní

  1. (interrogative) who