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pinn

pinn

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Waterford) IPA(key): [pʲəiɲ]
  • (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): [pʲəinʲ]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): [pʲiːn̠ʲ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): [pʲɪn̠ʲ]

Noun

pinn m

  1. genitive singular of peann
  2. nominative plural of peann
  3. dative plural of peann

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

Etymology

Late Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna ‎(“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

Noun

pinn

  1. knitting needle

Old English

Noun

pinn ?

  1. pin

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna ‎(“feather, wing”). Cognate to late Old Norse pinni.

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