pinn

See also: pínn

Cimbrian

Verb

pinn

  1. first-person singular present indicative of soin

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

pinn m

  1. inflection of peann:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pinn phinn bpinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

  1. Alternative form of pinne

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (“to protrude, jut out; peak”). Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin; peg”), Old High German pfin, phin (“peg, pin, nail”), Middle Low German pinne (“small, long, pointed object”) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pinn/, [pin]

Noun

pinn m

  1. pin; peg
  2. an instrument of writing; pen

Usage notes
  • The gender is not known for sure, but it is likely masculine based on Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin, peg”) and Old High German pfin, phin (“pin, peg”), which are both i-stem and a-stem masculine nouns.

Declension
i-stem
Declension of pinn (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pinn pinnas
accusative pinn pinnas
genitive pinnes pinna
dative pinne pinnum
a-stem
Declension of pinn (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pinn pinnas
accusative pinn pinnas
genitive pinnes pinna
dative pinne pinnum

Descendants
  • Middle English: pinne, pin
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