# gin
## English
### Etymology 1

Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: jĭn, IPA: /d͡ʒɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪn
* Homophone: djinn

#### Noun

gin (countable and uncountable, plural gins)
* A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
* (uncountable) Gin rummy.
* (poker) Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
    Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.

##### Derived terms

* bathtub gin
* Dutch gin
* gin and French
* Gin and Gospel Gazette
* gin and Italian
* gin and it, gin-and-It
* gin and tonic, gin tonic
* gin berry
* gin blossom
* gin bottle
* gin bucket
* gin fizz
* ginhouse
* gin joint
* ginless
* ginlike
* gin mill
* ginny
* gin palace
* gin pennant
* ginshop
* ginsoaked
* gin spinner
* macaroni gin
* pink gin
* Ramos gin fizz
* sloe gin
* square gin
* tonic and gin

##### Related terms

* genever
* juniper

##### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “gin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* “gin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Etymology 2

Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: jĭn, IPA: /d͡ʒɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪn
* Homophone: djinn

#### Noun

gin (plural gins)
* (obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
* (obsolete) A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.
** c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 91–94:The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:treason and deceiptfull gin
* A snare or trap for game.
** 1895, Thomas Hardy, “IV-ii”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood:It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin.
* A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
* (mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
* A pile driver.
* A windpump.
* A cotton gin.
* An instrument of torture worked with screws.

##### Derived terms

* (cotton gin): ginner, ginnery
* gin block
* gin pole
* ginwright
* pitfall and gin
* roller gin
* saw gin
* whip gin

##### Translations
#### Verb

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)
* (transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
* (transitive) To trap something in a gin.

##### Derived terms

* gin up

##### Descendants

* → Italian: ginnare

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English ginnen (“to begin”), contraction of beginnen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɪn/

#### Verb

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)
* (archaic) To begin.
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 14:Gon. All three of them are deſperate : their great guilt / (Like poyſon giuen to worke a great time after) / Now gins to bite the ſpirits : […]

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dharug dyin (“woman”), but having acquired a derogatory tone.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: jĭn, IPA: /d͡ʒɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪn
* Homophone: djinn

#### Noun

gin (plural gins)
* (Australia, now considered offensive, ethnic slur) An Aboriginal woman.
** 1869, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 1, page 273:His next shot was discharged amongst the mob, and most unfortunately wounded the gin already mentioned ; who, with a child fastened to her back, slid down the bank, and lay, apparently dying, with her legs in the water.
** 1879 December 31, “Obituary”, in The Hobart Mercury, page 2:On December 28, in the same year [1828], he [John Allen] fought single handed a tribe of native blacks, numbering from thirteen to eighteen, besides "gins" to bring them spears, waddies, etc.
** 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXI,
    From my position I could see the gins pointing back, and as the men turned they looked for a moment and then made a wild rush for the entrance.
** 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XXI, in Capricornia, D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 353:How they must have laughed about the strutting of her whose mother was a wanton and aunt a gin!
** 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 179:Dad said Shoesmith and Thompson had made one error that cost them their lives by letting the gins into the camp, and the blacks speared them all.
** 2008, Bill Marsh, Jack Goldsmith, Goldie: Adventures in a Vanishing Australia, unnumbered page:But there was this gin there, see, what they called a kitchen girl.

##### Synonyms

* lubra

##### Derived terms

* blackgin
* gin burglar
* gin burglary
* gin hunter
* gin jockey
* gin shepherd
* gin stealer
* gin’s piss

##### Related terms

* blackgin

##### References

* ↑ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 167.

### Etymology 5

Cognate to Scots gin (“if”): perhaps from gi(v)en, or a compound in which the first element is from Old English ġif (English if) and the second is cognate to English an (“if”) (compare iffen), or perhaps from again.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɪn/

#### Conjunction

gin
* (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Southern US, Appalachia) If.
** 1605, Richard Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, in Antiquities: Concerning the Most Noble, and Renowned English Nation:[…] for pronouncing according as one would ſay at London I would eat more cheeſe if I had it, the Northern man ſaith, Ay ſuld eat mare cheeſe gin ay hadet, and the Weſterne man ſaith Chud eat more cheeſe an chad it.
** 1804, Robert Couper, Poetry, I. 196:Gin the plough rests on the bank, / The loom, the nation, dies.
** 1809, Thomas Donaldson, Poems, section 76:An' gin I'm weel and can keep sober / You may look for it in October.
** 1815, Robert Anderson, Ballads in the Cumberland dialect, page 152:He's get han' and siller, / Gin he fancies me.
** 1860, J. P. K. Shuttleworth, Scarsdale; Or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border, Thirty Years Ago, page 158:yon felley at Barleigh has wrote farrantly (fairly) to my naunt; gin Robin could bur see ť letter he'd foind no fawt wi' me.
** 1870, John Christopher Atkinson, Lost; or, What came of a slip from 'honour bright'., page 19:Wheeah, Ah thinks thee could, gin ye tried.
** 1876, Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks, The Manchester Man, page 15:"Aw'd never ha slept i' mi bed gin that little un had bin dreawnded, an' me lookin' on loike a stump. Neay; that lass wur Bess, moi wench. We'n no notion wheer th' lad's mother is." Mr. Clough would have pressed the money upon him, but he put it back with a motion of his han.
** 1880, Wooers, Banks, I. iv:[…] gin schoo sets off in a tantrum an' flaah's t'mistress wiv her blutherin […]

##### References

* 1 2 3 “gin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* -ïng, Ing, IGN, @ing, ing, nig, NGI, -ing, GNI

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* džin

### Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʒɪn]
* Hyphenation: gin
* Rhymes: -ɪn

### Noun

gin m inan
* gin (alcoholic beverage)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “gin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English gin

### Noun

gin
* (rare) Alternative spelling of gini (“gin”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of gin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ginini
ginini
accusative
nom.
ginini
ginini
gen.
ginini
genitive
ginini
ginieni
partitive
giniäni
ginejäni
inessive
ginissäni
gineissäni
elative
ginistäni
gineistäni
illative
giniini
gineihini
adessive
ginilläni
gineilläni
ablative
giniltäni
gineiltäni
allative
ginilleni
gineilleni
essive
gininäni
gineinäni
translative
ginikseni
gineikseni
abessive
ginittäni
gineittäni
instructive
comitative
—gineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ginisi
ginisi
accusative
nom.
ginisi
ginisi
gen.
ginisi
genitive
ginisi
giniesi
partitive
giniäsi
ginejäsi
inessive
ginissäsi
gineissäsi
elative
ginistäsi
gineistäsi
illative
giniisi
gineihisi
adessive
ginilläsi
gineilläsi
ablative
giniltäsi
gineiltäsi
allative
ginillesi
gineillesi
essive
gininäsi
gineinäsi
translative
giniksesi
gineiksesi
abessive
ginittäsi
gineittäsi
instructive
comitative
—gineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ginimme
ginimme
accusative
nom.
ginimme
ginimme
gen.
ginimme
genitive
ginimme
giniemme
partitive
giniämme
ginejämme
inessive
ginissämme
gineissämme
elative
ginistämme
gineistämme
illative
giniimme
gineihimme
adessive
ginillämme
gineillämme
ablative
giniltämme
gineiltämme
allative
ginillemme
gineillemme
essive
gininämme
gineinämme
translative
giniksemme
gineiksemme
abessive
ginittämme
gineittämme
instructive
comitative
—gineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gininne
gininne
accusative
nom.
gininne
gininne
gen.
gininne
genitive
gininne
ginienne
partitive
giniänne
ginejänne
inessive
ginissänne
gineissänne
elative
ginistänne
gineistänne
illative
giniinne
gineihinne
adessive
ginillänne
gineillänne
ablative
giniltänne
gineiltänne
allative
ginillenne
gineillenne
essive
gininänne
gineinänne
translative
giniksenne
gineiksenne
abessive
ginittänne
gineittänne
instructive
comitative
—gineinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gininsä
gininsä
accusative
nom.
gininsä
gininsä
gen.
gininsä
genitive
gininsä
giniensä
partitive
giniään giniänsä
ginejään ginejänsä
inessive
ginissään ginissänsä
gineissään gineissänsä
elative
ginistään ginistänsä
gineistään gineistänsä
illative
giniinsä
gineihinsä
adessive
ginillään ginillänsä
gineillään gineillänsä
ablative
giniltään giniltänsä
gineiltään gineiltänsä
allative
ginilleen ginillensä
gineilleen gineillensä
essive
gininään gininänsä
gineinään gineinänsä
translative
ginikseen giniksensä
gineikseen gineiksensä
abessive
ginittään ginittänsä
gineittään gineittänsä
instructive
comitative
—gineineen gineinensä :

### Further reading

* “gin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-04-05

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒin/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: djinn, jean

### Noun

gin m (plural gins)
* gin

### Further reading

* “gin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish gein, verbal noun of gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɟɪnʲ/

### Noun

gin f (genitive singular gine, nominative plural ginte)
* begetting, birth
* fetus
* offspring, child, person
* generating source

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
gin
ginte
vocative
a ghin
a ghinte
genitive
gine
ginte
dative
gin
ginte
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an ghin
na ginte
genitive
na gine
na nginte
dative
leis an ngin don ghin
leis na ginte :

#### Derived terms

* aonghin
* athghin f (“counterpart”)

### Verb

gin (present analytic gineann, future analytic ginfidh, verbal noun giniúint, past participle ginte)
* give birth to (used only in the autonomous form)
* germinate, sprout; spring forth; originate
* beget, procreate
* generate, produce

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint | giniúint |
| past participle | ginte | ginte | ginte | ginte | ginte | ginte | ginte | ginte |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | ginim | gineann tú; ginir$^†$ | gineann sé, sí | ginimid | gineann sibh | gineann siad; ginid$^†$ | a ghineann; a ghineas / a ngineann* | gintear |
| past | ghin mé; ghineas | ghin tú; ghinis | ghin sé, sí | ghineamar; ghin muid | ghin sibh; ghineabhair | ghin siad; ghineadar | a ghin / ar ghin* | gineadh |
| past habitual | ghininn / ngininn‡‡ | ghinteá / nginteá‡‡ | ghineadh sé, sí / ngineadh sé, sí‡‡ | ghinimis; ghineadh muid / nginimis‡‡; ngineadh muid‡‡ | ghineadh sibh / ngineadh sibh‡‡ | ghinidís; ghineadh siad / nginidís‡‡; ngineadh siad‡‡ | a ghineadh / a ngineadh* | ghintí / ngintí‡‡ |
| future | ginfidh mé; ginfead | ginfidh tú; ginfir$^†$ | ginfidh sé, sí | ginfimid; ginfidh muid | ginfidh sibh | ginfidh siad; ginfid$^†$ | a ghinfidh; a ghinfeas / a nginfidh* | ginfear |
| conditional | ghinfinn / nginfinn‡‡ | ghinfeá / nginfeá‡‡ | ghinfeadh sé, sí / nginfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | ghinfimis; ghinfeadh muid / nginfimis‡‡; nginfeadh muid‡‡ | ghinfeadh sibh / nginfeadh sibh‡‡ | ghinfidís; ghinfeadh siad / nginfidís‡‡; nginfeadh siad‡‡ | a ghinfeadh / a nginfeadh* | ghinfí / nginfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go ngine mé; go nginead$^†$ | go ngine tú; go nginir$^†$ | go ngine sé, sí | go nginimid; go ngine muid | go ngine sibh | go ngine siad; go nginid$^†$ | — | go ngintear |
| past | dá ngininn | dá nginteá | dá ngineadh sé, sí | dá nginimis; dá ngineadh muid | dá ngineadh sibh | dá nginidís; dá ngineadh siad | — | dá ngintí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | ginim | gin | gineadh sé, sí | ginimis | ginigí; ginidh$^†$ | ginidís | — | gintear |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* athghin (“regenerate”, verb)

### Mutation

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

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gainithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Janday
### Noun

gin
* woman, girl

### Further reading

* John Gladstone Steele, Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River

## Japanese
### Romanization

gin
* Rōmaji transcription of ぎん

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

Inherited from French gagner (“to earn, to gain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛ̃/
* Rhymes: -ɛ̃

### Verb

gin
* (transitive) to have (to own, to possess)
    Mâ tant gin dé sœr. ― My aunt has two sisters.
* (transitive) to have under one's control, in one's power
* (transitive) to have (a condition), to be
    Mo gin swaf. ― I'm thirsty. (literally, “I have thirst.”)
    Mo gin pœr. ― I'm scared. (literally, “I have fear.”)
* (transitive) to be (an age)
    Li gin 19 zan. ― She's 19 years old. (literally, “She has 19 years.”)
* (copulative) to get, to become
* (transitive) to get, to make (cause someone or something to do something)
* (auxiliary) to have to
    Synonyms: bezwin, dwa, gin pou, ifo
* (auxiliary) should
    Synonym: sé
* (auxiliary) to be going to, will
    Synonyms: a, alé, kouri, va

#### Usage notes

* Mirrors the use of French avoir (“to have”) in some ways. For example, Louisiana Creole gin pou mirrors French avoir pour (“to be obligated to”).

#### Derived terms

* gin dan sâ tèt
* gin drwa
* gin in bo tem
* gin kèkènn
* gin lashans
* gin lè
* gin li byin
* gin mal
* gin pœr
* gin pou
* gin rézon
* gin swaf
* gin toupé
* pa gin ariyin
* pa gin tou
* to gin mò

## Mandarin
### Romanization

gin
* Nonstandard spelling of gīn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲin]

#### Noun

gin m
* Alternative form of giun (“mouth”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲinʲ]

#### Noun

gin
* genitive singular of gen (“smile”)
* inflection of gen (“sword”):
** accusative/dative singular
** nominative/vocative/accusative dual

### Mutation

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

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* dżin

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʐin/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -in
* Syllabification: gin
* Homophones: dżin, dżinn

### Noun

gin m inan
* gin (alcoholic beverage)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* gin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gin.

### Noun

gin m (invariable)
* Alternative form of gim

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

### Noun

gin n (plural ginuri)
* gin

#### Declension
## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɪn/

### Etymology 1

Cognate to dialectal English gin (“if”), which see for more.

#### Conjunction

gin
* if (conditional; subjunctive)
    Gin A war ye, A wad gang. ― If I were you, I would go.
** 1778, Alexander Ross, Fortunate Shepherdess, page 124:Then says the squire, Gin that be all your fear, She sanna want a man, for want of gear. A thousand pounds a year, well burthen free, I mak her sure of, gin she'll gang with me.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

From Old English [Term?].

#### Preposition

gin
* Against; nearby; towards.
    gin night ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ̊ʲin/

### Verb

gin (past ghin, future ginidh, verbal noun gintinn, past participle ginte)
* beget, produce, father
* create, engender
* procreate, reproduce
* breed
* (computing) generate

#### Derived terms

* ath-ghin

### Pronoun

gin f
* any, anything
* anyone, anybody
    cha robh gin ann a-raoir ― there was nobody/none there last night

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gainithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ 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, page 216

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “gin”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃin/ [ˈʃĩn]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒin/ [ˈʒĩn]
* Rhymes: -in

### Noun

gin m (plural gines)
* gin
    Synonym: ginebra

### Further reading

* “gin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

gin
* Romanization of 𒁺 (gin)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɪn/ or IPA: /dʒɪn/

### Noun

gin c or n
* gin (liquor)

#### See also

* enbär (“juniper berry”)

### References

* gin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* -ing, Ing

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* gen, gennyf

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɪn/

### Pronoun

gin
* (colloquial) (North Wales) first/second-person singular of gan

## Wiradjuri
### Noun

gin
* Alternative spelling of geen

## Yola
### Etymology

Compare Scots gin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɪn/

### Conjunction

gin
* if
    Synonym: yith
** 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 3:Gin we have no mo' maate, it maakes no mo' matter,[If we have no more meat, it makes no more matter,]

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡĩ̄/

### Verb

gin
* (Igbomina) to chip off a small part of something
    Synonym: yin
    ìyá gin uṣu lé ọmọ lọ́wọ́ ― The mother chipped off a small part of a yam to give to the child
* (Igbomina) to trim the edges of something with a razor
    babá gin irun ọmọ náà ― The father trimmed the edges of the child's hair