šina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sina"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šin(ā) f (they). Cognate with Arabic هُنَّ (hunna) and Biblical Hebrew הֵן (hen).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.na/

Pronoun

šina

1. they (feminine plural subject pronoun)
2. those, these same (aforementioned feminine plural noun)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒅆𒈾 (ši-na)

See also

Akkadian personal pronouns¹
			Independent forms			Pronominal Suffixes
			Nominative	Oblique²	Dative	Predicative³	Possessive⁴	Accusative⁵	Dative⁵
Singular	1st		anāku	yâti	yâšim, ayyâšim	-āku	-ī, -ya	-anni, -nni, -ninni	-am, -m, -nim
	2nd	m	atta	kâta	kâšim, kâšum	-āta	-ka	-ka	-kum
		f	atti	kâti	kâšim	-āti	-ki	-ki	-kim
	3rd	m	šū	šuāti, šuātu, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-	-šu	-šu	-šum
		f	šī	šuāti, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-at	-ša	-ši	-šim
Plural	1st		nīnu	niāti	niāšim	-ānu	-ni	-niāti	-niāšim
	2nd	m	attunu	kunūti	kunūšim	-ātina	-kunu	-kunūti	-kunūšim
		f	attina	kināti⁶	kināšim⁶	-ātunu	-kina	-kināti	-kināšim
	3rd	m	šunu	šunūti	šunūšim	-ā	-šunu	-šunūti	-šunūšim
		f	šina	šināti	šināšim⁶	-ū	-šina	-šināti	-šināšim
1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. 2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.				3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction. 4. Used on nouns and prepositions.			5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive. 6. Still unattested form.

Kott

Alternative forms

• šena

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔas- / *sV-.

Pronoun

šina

1. what?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schiene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃîna/
• Hyphenation: ši‧na

Noun

šȉna f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏на)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) rail, track (for trains etc.)

   Synonym: (Croatia) trȁčnica

Declension

Declension of šina

	singular	plural
nominative	šȉna	šine
genitive	šine	šȋnā
dative	šini	šinama
accusative	šinu	šine
vocative	šino	šine
locative	šini	šinama
instrumental	šinom	šinama

Further reading

• “šina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024