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Sinni
sinni
sinni
See also: Sinni
Icelandic
Noun
sinni (n) (sinni-s, -)
- disposition, a turn of mind
- 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)
- 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)
Declension
Declension of sinni (weak an-stem)
References
- sinni in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press