svín

See also: svin, sviň, and svíň

Faroese
svín

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /svʊin/

Noun

svín n (genitive singular svíns, plural svín)

  1. pig, swine (Suidae)

Declension
Declension of svín
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svín svínið svín svínini
accusative svín svínið svín svínini
dative svíni svíninum svínum svínunum
genitive svíns svínsins svína svínanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sviːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

svín n (genitive singular svíns, nominative plural svín)

  1. pig, swine (animal of the family Suidae)
  2. swine (contemptible person); one who is chauvinist, exploitative, very ill-mannered or uncleanly

Declension
declension of svín
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svín svínið svín svínin
accusative svín svínið svín svínin
dative svíni svíninu svínum svínunum
genitive svíns svínsins svína svínanna

Derived terms
  • svína (“to ignore right-of-way and drive right in front of another car coming from the sides”)

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Noun

svín n

  1. pig, swine

Declension
  Declension of svín (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svín svínit svín svínin
accusative svín svínit svín svínin
dative svíni svíninu svínum svínunum
genitive svíns svínsins svína svínanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: svín
  • Faroese: svín
  • Norn: svin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svin; (dialectal) svingn
  • Jamtish: svýn
  • Old Swedish: svīn
  • Danish: svin
    • Norwegian Bokmål: svin
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