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Sinni

Sinni

See also: sinni

Italian

Proper noun

Sinni m

  1. A river that flows in Basilicata

sinni

sinni

See also: Sinni

Icelandic

Noun

sinni (n) (sinni-s, -)

  1. disposition, a turn of mind
  2. an opinion

Derived terms

  • vera glaður í sinni (to be light-hearted)
  • vera sama sinnis (to be of the same opinion)
  • uppgjafarsinni

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲin͈ʲi/

Pronoun

sinni (emphatic)

  1. we
    Is sinni. ― It is we.

Synonyms

Descendants


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sinþą, *gasinþą (companion). Cognate with Old English ġesīþ, Old Saxon gisīth, Old High German gisind, gisindo, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰 (gasinþa), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰 (gasinþja).

Noun

sinni m (genitive sinna, plural sinnar)

  1. (poetic) follower, companion

Declension

References

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