sinna

Estonian

Etymology

Sublative of see (“it”). Akin to Finnish sinne and Ingrian sinne.

Adverb

sinna

1. there (indicating motion: to that place)

See also

Estonian deictic adverbs

	proximal	distal	interrogative
motion towards	siia	sinna	kuhu
location inside	siin	seal	kus
motion from	siit	sealt	kust

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse sinna, borrowed from Middle Low German sinnen (“to strive for”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sinnaną (“to aim for, long for”).

Verb

sinna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sinnti, supine sinnt)

1. to attend to [with dative]
2. to care for, to mind [with dative]

Conjugation

sinna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sinna
supine (sagnbót)		sinnt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sinnandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sinni	við sinnum	present (nútíð)	ég sinni	við sinnum
	þú sinnir	þið sinnið		þú sinnir	þið sinnið
	hann, hún, það sinnir	þeir, þær, þau sinna		hann, hún, það sinni	þeir, þær, þau sinni
past (þátíð)	ég sinnti	við sinntum	past (þátíð)	ég sinnti	við sinntum
	þú sinntir	þið sinntuð		þú sinntir	þið sinntuð
	hann, hún, það sinnti	þeir, þær, þau sinntu		hann, hún, það sinnti	þeir, þær, þau sinntu
imperative (boðháttur)	sinn (þú)	sinnið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sinntu	sinniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sinnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sinnast
supine (sagnbót)		sinnst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sinnandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sinnist	við sinnumst	present (nútíð)	ég sinnist	við sinnumst
	þú sinnist	þið sinnist		þú sinnist	þið sinnist
	hann, hún, það sinnist	þeir, þær, þau sinnast		hann, hún, það sinnist	þeir, þær, þau sinnist
past (þátíð)	ég sinntist	við sinntumst	past (þátíð)	ég sinntist	við sinntumst
	þú sinntist	þið sinntust		þú sinntist	þið sinntust
	hann, hún, það sinntist	þeir, þær, þau sinntust		hann, hún, það sinntist	þeir, þær, þau sinntust
imperative (boðháttur)	sinnst (þú)	sinnist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sinnstu	sinnisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sinntur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sinntur	sinnt	sinnt		sinntir	sinntar	sinnt
accusative (þolfall)	sinntan	sinnta	sinnt		sinnta	sinntar	sinnt
dative (þágufall)	sinntum	sinntri	sinntu		sinntum	sinntum	sinntum
genitive (eignarfall)	sinnts	sinntrar	sinnts		sinntra	sinntra	sinntra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sinnti	sinnta	sinnta		sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
accusative (þolfall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta		sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
dative (þágufall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta		sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
genitive (eignarfall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta		sinntu	sinntu	sinntu

Etymology 2

Noun

sinna f (genitive singular sinnu, no plural)

1. interest, attention

Declension

Declension of sinna (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinna	sinnan
accusative	sinnu	sinnuna
dative	sinnu	sinnunni
genitive	sinnu	sinnunnar

Etymology 3

Determiner

sinna

1. genitive plural of sinn (“his/her(s)/its”)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “sinna”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 818 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Maltese

Root
s-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn). The Arabic noun is feminine and was formally feminised in Maltese by adding -a; compare the same in widna (“ear”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سنة (sanna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.na/

Noun

sinna f (plural snien, paucal sinniet, diminutive snejna or (baby talk) sinnuna)

1. tooth
2. any tooth-like part

   sinna tewm ― garlic clove

Derived terms

• businna (busnien)

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sinnene

Noun

sinna n

1. definite plural of sinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sinna n

1. definite plural of sinn

Old Norse

Determiner

sinna

1. masculine/feminine/neuter genitive plural of sínn

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सिन्न (Devanagari script)
• সিন্ন (Bengali script)
• සින‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• သိန္န or သိၼ္ၼ or သိၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
• สินฺน or สินนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິນ຺ນ or ສິນນະ (Lao script)
• សិន្ន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्विन्न (svinna).

Adjective

sinna

1. covered in sweat, wet with perspiration

Declension

Declension table of "sinna" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinno	sinnā
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinne
Instrumental (third)	sinnena	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnassa or sinnāya or sinnatthaṃ	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnasmā or sinnamhā or sinnā	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnassa	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnasmiṃ or sinnamhi or sinne	sinnesu
Vocative (calling)	sinna	sinnā

Declension table of "sinnā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinnā	sinnāyo or sinnā
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinnāyo or sinnā
Instrumental (third)	sinnāya	sinnāhi or sinnābhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnāya	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnāya	sinnāhi or sinnābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnāya	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnāya or sinnāyaṃ	sinnāsu
Vocative (calling)	sinne	sinnāyo or sinnā

Declension table of "sinna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinnaṃ	sinnāni
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinnāni
Instrumental (third)	sinnena	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnassa or sinnāya or sinnatthaṃ	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnasmā or sinnamhā or sinnā	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnassa	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnasmiṃ or sinnamhi or sinne	sinnesu
Vocative (calling)	sinna	sinnāni

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin signa (through the intermediate Vulgar Latin *singa~sinna) feminized plural of signum. Doublet of signu, singu/sinnu. Akin to Spanish seña and Catalan senya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.na/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: sin‧na

Noun

sinna f (plural sinni)

1. sign, indication

   Synonym: nnicazziuni

2. trait

   Synonym: ntacca

3. gesture

   Synonym: gestu

Derived terms

• sinnali
• sinnari

 

Related terms

• nzignari
• signali
• sincalijari

 

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinːa/
• Hyphenation: sin‧na

Noun

sinna f

1. plural of sina

Declension

Declension of sinna (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	sinna
nominative	sinna	sinna
genitive	sinnate*)	sinna*)
dative	sinnate	sinnara
accusative	sinna*)
ablative	sinnatenni	sinnanni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sinna

1. to there, thither, that way

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “туда”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika