mín
See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʊin]
Pronoun
mín
- me; genitive singular of eg (‘I’, the first person personal pronoun)
Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra |
Pronoun
mín
- my, mine; the first person possessive pronoun
Declension
Possessive pronoun - ognarfornavn | |||
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Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | mín | mín | mítt |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | mína | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | mínum | míni / mínari | mínum |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (míns) | (mínar) | (míns) |
Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | mínir | mínar | míni |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | mínar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | mínum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (mína) |
Icelandic
Pronoun
mín
- (personal): genitive singular of ég meaning me
- Þú ætlar að ganga til mín.
- You are going to walk to me.
- Hver er stysta leiðin til að fara heim til mín?
- What is the shortest way to go home to me?
- Þú ætlar að ganga til mín.
Declension
Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Pronoun
mín
- (possessive): nominative feminine singular of minn
- Þetta er mín eign.
- This is my property.
- (possessive): nominative neuter plural of minn
- (possessive): accusative neuter plural of minn
Declension
possessive pronouns | |||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | minn | mín | mitt | mínir | mínar | mín | |
accusative | minn | mína | mitt | mína | mínar | mín | |
dative | mínum | minni | mínu | mínum | mínum | mínum | |
genitive | míns | minnar | míns | minna | minna | minna |
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mín (“smooth, level, calm; self-restrained, gentle, placid, courteous, docile, subdued, tame; digestible, palatable; soft”), from Proto-Celtic *mīnos (“soft, tender”), which is related to *mēto-, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲiːnʲ/
Adjective
mín (genitive singular masculine mín, genitive singular feminine míne, plural míne, comparative míne)
- smooth
- having even, level surface
- smooth to the touch, polished
- free from wrinkles or hair
- not harsh
- soft, delicate
- flowing
- suave, plausible
- fine (of a comb, sieve, etc.), small
- (of person, manner) gentle, courteous, tender; quiet, still
Declension
Declension of mín
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mín | mhín | míne; mhíne² | |
Vocative | mhín | míne | ||
Genitive | míne | míne | mín | |
Dative | mín; mhín¹ | mhín | míne; mhíne² | |
Comparative | níos míne | |||
Superlative | is míne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- abhras mín (“fine yarn”)
- aiteann mín (“dwarf whin”)
- bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpit”)
- chomh mín le síoda (“smooth as silk”)
- cíor mhín (“fine-toothed comb”)
- craiceann bog mín (“soft smooth skin”)
- feochadán mín (“carline thistle”)
- greabhán mín (“horsebane”)
- leathóg mhín (“lemon sole”)
- lus mín (“dill”)
- meallach mín (“smooth and enticing”)
- mín áilghean (“soft and mild”)
- mínigh (“to smooth, polish; explain”)
- mín le do chneas (“soft next one's skin”)
- mín marbh (“still and insensible”)
- mín réidh (“smooth and even”)
- mínscoth (“knapweed”)
- mín síodúil (“smooth and silky”)
- olann mhín (“sheer wool”)
- plána mín (“smoothing-plane”)
- praiseach mhín (“orache”)
- salann mín (“table-salt”)
- siúcra mín (“castor sugar”)
- teanga mhín (“white dead-nettle”)
- úir mhín (“fine soil, mould”)
Noun
mín f (genitive singular míne, nominative plural mínte)
- smooth, fine thing or part
- (geography) smooth, level land; tillable land; tract of grassland in mountain
Declension
Declension of mín
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mín | mhín | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- min (nonstandard)
Romanization
mín (min2, Zhuyin ㄇㄧㄣˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姄.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岷.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崏.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忞.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忟.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怋.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敯.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旻.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旼.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暉.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 民.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珉.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琘.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑉.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痻.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盿.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砇.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碈.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緍.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緡.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缗.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈱.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錉.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閔.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閺.
Old Norse
Pronoun
mín
- inflection of mínn:
- feminine nominative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative plural