# sinn
## English
### Verb

sinn (third-person singular simple present sinns, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)
* Obsolete spelling of sin.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɪnː]
    Rhymes: -ɪnː

### Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)
* time, times
    á sinni ― once (before); another time
    á hesum sinni ― this time, now
    ikki á hvørjum sinni ― not every time, seldom
    á síðsta sinni ― for the last time
    ikki enn á sinni ― not yet

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

sinn
* singular imperative of sinnen

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪnː/
* Rhymes: -ɪnː

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

#### Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, nominative plural sinn)
* time, as in occurrence
    Synonyms: skipti, sinni

##### Derived terms

* einu sinni
* einu sinni var
* ekki einu sinni
* endrum og sinnum
* fyrst um sinn
* mörgum sinnum
* um sinn
* vera nóg að sinni

##### Related terms

* senda

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

#### Determiner

sinn (feminine sín, neuter sitt)
* Third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
** Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
    Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
** 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
    Krummi krunkar úti, kallar á nafna sinn: „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti hrygg og gæruskinn.“ Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér, krummi nafni minn.Krummi croaks outside, calling his namesake: “I found the head of a ram, backbone and sheepskin.” Come now and peck with me, Krummi, my namesake.”

##### Derived terms

* deyja drottni sínum
* gera sitt til
* hafa nóg á sinni könnu
* láta sigla sinn sjó
* leika við hvern sinn fingur
* ota sínum tota
* sinn er siður í landi hverju
* sinn hvor
* sitt af hverju
* sitt á hvað
* sitt hvoru megin
* skara eld að sinni köku
* varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns
* vinna á sitt band

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish sinni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

### Pronoun

sinn (emphatic form sinne)
* we, us (disjunctive)
* (nonstandard) we (conjunctive)

#### Usage notes

* Not used as a conjunctive pronoun in the standard language; instead, synthetic verb forms or analytic forms with muid are used in the first person plural. Found with analytic verb forms in colloquial usage in some dialects. Use as a disjunctive pronoun is fully standard.

#### See also

| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) | Disjunctive (emphatic) | Possessive determiner |
| Singular | First | mé (mise) | mé (mise) | mo $^L$ m' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Second | tú (tusa)$^1$ | thú (thusa) | do $^L$ d' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Third masculine | sé (seisean) | é (eisean) | a $^L$ |
| Singular | Third feminine | sí (sise) | í (ise) | a $^H$ |
| Singular | Third neuter | — | ea | — |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | ár $^E$ |
| Plural | Second | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | bhur $^E$ |
| Plural | Third | siad (siadsan) | iad (iadsan) | a $^E$ |
$^L$ Triggers lenition $^E$ Triggers eclipsis $^H$ Triggers h-prothesis
$^1$ Also used as the vocative

## Luxembourgish
### Alternative forms

* sin (superseded)

### Etymology

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn / wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn.
The short vowel in the form sinn is probably due to merger with the Middle High German third-person plural sint. The -f in the imperative is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a gliding sound. The expected subjunctive is wéier, which is attested dialectally. The standard forms were formed anew from the preterite.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zin/
* Rhymes: -in

### Verb

sinn (third-person singular present ass, preterite war or wor, past participle gewiescht, past subjunctive wier or wär, auxiliary verb sinn)
* to be

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sin; compare German Sinn, Sinne.

### Noun

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna or sinnene)
* mind

#### Derived terms

* besinne
* ro i sinnet
* sindig
* sinnelag
* sinnslidelse
* sinnslidende
* sinnslikevekt
* sinnsro
* sinnssykdom
* sinnstilstand
* sinnsvak
* sinnsyk

### See also

* sinne

### References

* “sinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “sinn” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sin.

### Noun

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna)
* mind

#### Derived terms

* ro i sinnet
* sinnstilstand

### References

* “sinn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Noun

sinn f
* Alternative form of synn

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1
#### Determiner

sinn
* Alternative form of sínn (“one’s”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old English sīþ, Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīth, Old High German sind, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs).

#### Noun

sinn n
* time, occurrence
    Synonym: sinni

##### Usage notes

* As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinni.

##### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish sinni. Cognates include Irish sinn and Manx shin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃĩɲ/, (accented) /ʃĩːɲ/

### Pronoun

sinn (emphatic sinne)
* first-person plural pronoun; we, us
    Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.We’ll go to the bank tomorrow; you'll see us there.

#### See also

$^1$ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. $^2$ sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN