beina

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vagina. Compare Spanish vaina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbəj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbej.na]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

beina f (plural beines)

1. sheath, scabbard
2. (botany) pod

Further reading

• “beina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “beina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “beina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “beina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Faroese

Verb

beina (third person singular past indicative beindi, third person plural past indicative beint, supine beint)

1. to straighten, to tidy up

Conjugation

Conjugation of beina (group v-1)

infinitive	beina
supine	beint
	present	past
first singular	beini	beindi
second singular	beinir	beindi
third singular	beinir	beindi
plural	beina	beindu
participle (a7)1	beinandi	beindur
	imperative
singular	bein!
plural	beinið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

See also

• beina fyri (to kill)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeiːna/
• Rhymes: -eiːna

Verb

beina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beindi, supine beint)

1. to aim, to direct, to point [with dative]

Conjugation

beina — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að beina
supine (sagnbót)		beint
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		beinandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég beini	við beinum	present (nútíð)	ég beini	við beinum
	þú beinir	þið beinið		þú beinir	þið beinið
	hann, hún, það beinir	þeir, þær, þau beina		hann, hún, það beini	þeir, þær, þau beini
past (þátíð)	ég beindi	við beindum	past (þátíð)	ég beindi	við beindum
	þú beindir	þið beinduð		þú beindir	þið beinduð
	hann, hún, það beindi	þeir, þær, þau beindu		hann, hún, það beindi	þeir, þær, þau beindu
imperative (boðháttur)	bein (þú)	beinið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	beindu	beiniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

beinast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að beinast
supine (sagnbót)		beinst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		beinandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég beinist	við beinumst	present (nútíð)	ég beinist	við beinumst
	þú beinist	þið beinist		þú beinist	þið beinist
	hann, hún, það beinist	þeir, þær, þau beinast		hann, hún, það beinist	þeir, þær, þau beinist
past (þátíð)	ég beindist	við beindumst	past (þátíð)	ég beindist	við beindumst
	þú beindist	þið beindust		þú beindist	þið beindust
	hann, hún, það beindist	þeir, þær, þau beindust		hann, hún, það beindist	þeir, þær, þau beindust
imperative (boðháttur)	beinst (þú)	beinist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	beinstu	beinisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• beina máli til
• beina skrifum til

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• beinene

Noun

beina n

1. definite plural of bein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɪːna/

Noun

beina n

1. definite plural of bein

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛɪːna/

Noun

beina f

1. definite singular of beine

Old Norse

Etymology

From beinn (“straight, friendly, hospitable”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Verb

beina (singular past indicative beindi, plural past indicative beindu, past participle beindr)

1. to stretch out, put into motion
2. to further, promote

Conjugation

Conjugation of beina — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	beina
present participle	beinandi
past participle	beindr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	beini	beinda		beina	beinda
2nd person singular	beinir	beindir		beinir	beindir
3rd person singular	beinir	beindi		beini	beindi
1st person plural	beinum	beindum		beinim	beindim
2nd person plural	beinið	beinduð		beinið	beindið
3rd person plural	beina	beindu		beini	beindi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	bein, beini
1st person plural	beinum
2nd person plural	beinið

Conjugation of beina — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	beinask
present participle	beinandisk
past participle	beinzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	beinumk	beindumk		beinumk	beindumk
2nd person singular	beinisk	beindisk		beinisk	beindisk
3rd person singular	beinisk	beindisk		beinisk	beindisk
1st person plural	beinumsk	beindumsk		beinimsk	beindimsk
2nd person plural	beinizk	beinduzk		beinizk	beindizk
3rd person plural	beinask	beindusk		beinisk	beindisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	beinsk, beinisk
1st person plural	beinumsk
2nd person plural	beinizk

Related terms

• beini m
• beinir m

Descendants

• Icelandic: beina

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beina”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive