hin

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִֽין, from Egyptian hnw (“jar, about half a liter”):

Noun

hin (plural hins)

1. An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measurement, approximately 0.48 litre.
   • Exodus 30:24 (NIV):

     500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

Translations

Hebrew unit of measure

• French: hin (fr) m
• German: Hin (de) n
• Icelandic: hín (is) f
• Italian: hin (it) m

• Russian: гин (ru) (gin) 
• Spanish: hin (es) m
• Swedish: en hin (sv)

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Danish

Pronoun

hin

1. that

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Faroese

Pronoun

hin m and f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hin	hin	hitt
Accusative (hvønnfall)		hina
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hinum	hinari / hini	hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	hins	hinnar / hinar	hins
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hinir	hinar	hini
Accusative (hvønnfall)	hinar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	hinna

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German

Etymology

Old High German hina

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪn/

Adverb

hin

1. thither, there (away from this place, me, to another place)

See also

• hin-
• hin und wieder

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Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

1. that (female)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hin/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

1. the other

   Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.

   We are going to the other side of the fjord.

Descendants

• hinsides "the other side"

References

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

• hinsida (“other side”)
• hinsides (“on the other side”)

Article

hin

1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

• hin håken (the devil, euphemism for "hin håle")
• hin håle (the devil, lit. "the hard one")
• hin onde (the devil, lit. "the evil one")

Noun

hin c

1. the devil

References

• Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.