ginn
English
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪn/
Noun
ginn (plural ginns)
- Alternative spelling of jinn
- 1892, E. Cobham Brewer, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1:
- AZA'ZEL, one of the ginn or jinn, all of whom were made of "smokeless fire," that is, the fire of the Simoom.
- 1886, Andrew Lang, In the Wrong Paradise:
- There also were the "maids of modest glances," previously indifferent to the wooing "of man or ginn."
- 1919, Sax Rohmer (1883-1959), The Quest of the Sacred Slipper:
- I accordingly assumed Hassan to be a myth--a first cousin to the ginn.
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪn/
Verb
ginn
- Nonstandard form of given.
- 1869, Charles Reade (1814-1884) and Dion Boucicault (1820-1890), Foul Play:
- You ginn it us hot--you did.
- 1912, Lawrence J. Burpee, Humour of the North:
- Well, the doctor axed me to vote for his son, and I just up and told him I would, only my relation was candidating also; but ginn him my hand and promise I would be neuter.
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Anagrams
- Gnin, Ning
Irish
Alternative forms
- ging
Etymology
From Middle Irish gend (“wedge”), from Proto-Celtic *gendis (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Welsh gaing (“chisel, wedge”), Breton genn (“wedge”) within Celtic and more distantly with Latin (pre)hendō and Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ɟiːn̠ʲ/[2]
Noun
ginn f (genitive singular ginne, nominative plural geanntracha)
- (Cois Fharraige) Synonym of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ginn | ghinn | nginn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gendV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 24.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “geinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “genn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ginn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡin/
- Rhymes: -in
Etymology 1
From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną. Cognate with German geben, Dutch geven, West Frisian jaan, Danish give, Icelandic gefa.
Verb
ginn (third-person singular present gëtt, preterite gouf or guff, past participle ginn, past subjunctive géif or giff, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to give
- (intransitive, auxiliary verb sinn) to become
- (impersonal, transitive) there be, there is, there are; Used to indicate that something exists or is present
- (auxiliary) Used with the past participle of a transitive verb to form the passive voice.
- (auxiliary) Used with the past participle of any verb to form the impersonal passive voice.
Conjugation
Irregular | ||||
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infinitive | ginn | |||
participle | ginn | |||
auxiliary | hunn | |||
present indicative | past indicative | conditional | imperative | |
1st singular | ginn | gouf | géif | — |
2nd singular | gëss | goufs | géifs | gëff |
3rd singular | gëtt | gouf | géif | — |
1st plural | ginn | goufen | géifen | — |
2nd plural | gitt | gouft | géift | gitt |
3rd plural | ginn | goufen | géifen | — |
Derived terms
- ausginn
- bäiginn
- dropginn
- druginn
- duerchginn
- eraginn
- erëmginn
- erginn
- erofginn
- eropginn
- ewechginn
- fortginn
- hanneschtginn
- hierginn
- iwwerginn
- matginn
- noginn
- ofginn
- opginn
- uginn
- verginn
- zeréckginn
- zouginn
Verb
ginn
- inflection of goen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person plural present indicative
Yagara
Noun
ginn
- girl
References
- State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019.