pinn

See also: pínn

Irish

Pronunciation

(Waterford) IPA^(key): /pʲəiɲ/
(Cork, Kerry) IPA^(key): /pʲəinʲ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪn̠ʲ/

Noun

pinn m

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pinn	phinn	bpinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Alternative form of pinne

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, 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).

Noun

pinn ?

pin; peg
an instrument of writing; pen

Related terms

penn
*pennian (in onpennian)
pinca
pintel

Descendants

Middle English: pinne, pin
- English: pin
- Scots: pinne, pin