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pinn

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See also: pínn

Cimbrian

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Verb

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pinn

  1. first-person singular present indicative of soin

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinn m

  1. inflection of peann:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pinn
radical lenition eclipsis
pinn phinn bpinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

  1. Alternative form of pinne

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (to protrude, jut out; peak).

Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (pin; peg), Old High German pfin, phin (peg, pin, nail), Middle Low German pinne (small, long, pointed object) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinn m

  1. pin; peg
  2. an instrument of writing; pen

Usage notes

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  • The gender is not known for sure, but it is likely masculine based on Old Saxon pinn, pin (pin, peg) and Old High German pfin, phin (pin, peg), which are both i-stem and a-stem masculine nouns.

Declension

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i-stem

Strong i-stem:

a-stem

Strong a-stem:

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: pinne, pin