finn

See also: Finn and fínn

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfinː]
• Hyphenation: finn
• Rhymes: -inː

Adjective

finn (not comparable)

1. Finnish (of or relating to Finland, its people or language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnek
accusative	finnet	finneket
dative	finnek	finneknek
instrumental	finnel	finnekkel
causal-final	finnért	finnekért
translative	finné	finnekké
terminative	finnig	finnekig
essive-formal	finnként	finnekként
essive-modal	finnül	—
inessive	finnben	finnekben
superessive	finnen	finneken
adessive	finnél	finneknél
illative	finnbe	finnekbe
sublative	finnre	finnekre
allative	finnhez	finnekhez
elative	finnből	finnekből
delative	finnről	finnekről
ablative	finntől	finnektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	finné	finneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	finnéi	finnekéi

Derived terms

• Finn Köztársaság
• Finn-öböl
• Finnország

Noun

finn (countable and uncountable, plural finnek)

1. Finn (person)
2. Finnish (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnek
accusative	finnet	finneket
dative	finnek	finneknek
instrumental	finnel	finnekkel
causal-final	finnért	finnekért
translative	finné	finnekké
terminative	finnig	finnekig
essive-formal	finnként	finnekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	finnben	finnekben
superessive	finnen	finneken
adessive	finnél	finneknél
illative	finnbe	finnekbe
sublative	finnre	finnekre
allative	finnhez	finnekhez
elative	finnből	finnekből
delative	finnről	finnekről
ablative	finntől	finnektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	finné	finneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	finnéi	finnekéi

Possessive forms of finn

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	finnem	finnjeim
2nd person sing.	finned	finnjeid
3rd person sing.	finnje	finnjei
1st person plural	finnünk	finnjeink
2nd person plural	finnetek	finnjeitek
3rd person plural	finnjük	finnjeik

Further reading

• finn in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /fʲiːɲ/
• (Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /fʲiːn̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɪn̠ʲ/

Adjective

finn

1. inflection of fionn:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

finn m

1. genitive singular of fionn

Mutation

Mutated forms of finn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
finn	fhinn	bhfinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• inn

Etymology

From French finir (“finish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/

Verb

finn (medial form finn)

1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense, commonly contracted to "inn" in speech.

Related terms

• fini

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲin̪/ (nominative singular, genitive plural, non-feminine accusative and dative singular, non-masculine vocative singular)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲin̠ʲ/ (genitive singular, feminine accusative and dative singular, masculine nominative plural)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish find (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).

Adjective

finn

1. white
2. bright
3. blessed

Descendants

• Irish: fionn
• Manx: fynn
• Scottish Gaelic: fionn

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 finn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Old Irish find (“hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendom (“hair”).

Noun

finn

1. hair

Related terms

• finna

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “finna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of finn

radical	lenition	nasalization
finn	ḟinn	finn pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

finn

1. imperative of finne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finː/
• IPA^(key): /fiɲː/ (dialects with palatalization)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Possibly from a word for nomadic people. Doublet of finne.

Noun

finn m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)

1. (archaic) Sami; member of the Sami people

   Synonyms: same, (derogatory) lapp

2. (rare, archaic) a Traveller, a vagabond

Derived terms

• bufinn
• finnandlet
• finnauga
• finnavåt
• finnbadstove
• finnball
• finnblod
• finnbunding
• finnbygd (“village where the majority is Sami”)
• finnbåt
• finndjevel (“Sami”, derogatory, literally “Sami devil”)
• finnebarn
• finnebusetnad
• finnefolk (“Sami people”)
• finnegamme
• finnerter
• finnete
• finneting (“Sami assembly”)
• finnetoll
• finnfadervår, finnefadervår n
• finnferd, finneferd (“journey north to the Sami”)
• finnfor
• finnforgjord
• finngalkn
• finngand
• finngjerd
• finnglunt
• finnhelvete
• finnhopp
• finnhug
• finnhund, finnehund
• finnhyske
• finnhøkel
• finnjente, finnejente
• finnjoik
• finnkjekse
• finnkjerring
• finnklede
• finnkniv, finnekniv (“Sami knife”)
• finnkote
• finnkule
• finnkøyte
• finnladd
• finnlapp
• finnlarv
• finnluft
• finnlugg
• finnlukt
• finnmudd
• finnmål (“Sami language”)
• finnonder
• finnpose
• finnredd
• finnri
• finnrye
• finnsjel
• finnskatt
• finnsko, finnesko (“Sami footwear; gámmagat”)
• finnskogras
• finnskohøy
• finnskot
• finnslark
• finnstar
• finnstøvel
• finntarm
• finntikse
• finntukt
• finntusse
• finntyke
• finntytte
• finntøkje
• finntørk
• finntøte
• finntøykje
• finntøyte
• finnunge
• finnvækje
• finsk
• fjellfinn (“mountain Sami; someone who’s not good at sea”)
• flyttfinn
• frågefinn
• gammefinn
• gandfinn (“Sami with knowledge of sorcery”)
• gratangsfinn (“a Sami from Gratangen”)
• halvfinn (“half-Sami”)
• hanfinn
• kotefinn
• markefinn
• nepefinn
• nordfinn (“Northern Sami”)
• reinfinn
• renna finn (“to ski like a Sami”)
• runefinn
• sjøfinn
• skoddefinn
• skreifinn
• spørjefinn
• tiggarfinn
• trollfinn

Related terms

Male given names:

• Alvfinn
• Arnfinn
• Audfinn
• Bergfinn
• Bjarnfinn
• Dagfinn
• Dolgfinn
• Finn
• Finnalv
• Finnberg
• Finnbjørn
• Finnboge
• Finne
• Finngard
• Finngeir
• Finnkjell
• Finnleik
• Finnmund
• Finnolv, Finnulv
• Finnvard
• Finnvid
• Fridfinn
• Geirfinn
• Gudfinn
• Herfinn
• Kolfinn
• Oddfinn
• Rodfinn
• Sigfinn
• Skåfinn
• Slagfinn
• Steinfinn
• Sæfinn
• Torfinn
• Vidfinn
• Åsfinn

Female given names:

• Alvfinna
• Arnfinna
• Dyrfinna
• Finna
• Finnbjørg
• Finndis
• Finnfrid
• Finngjerd
• Finnlaug
• Fridfinna
• Gudfinna
• Ingefinna
• Jofinna
• Kolfinna
• Sigfinna
• Sæfinna
• Torfinna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finn.

Verb

finn

1. inflection of finna:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old English

Alternative forms

• fin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]
• Rhymes: -inn

Noun

finn m

1. fin
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9

     Ne ete ġē nānne fisċ būtan þā þe habbaþ finnas and sċielle.

     Don't eat any fish except those that have fins and scales.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnas
accusative	finn	finnas
genitive	finnes	finna
dative	finne	finnum

Descendants

• Middle English: finne, fynne, fyn
  • Scots: fin, fyn
  • English: fin

Old Irish

Adjective

finn

1. alternative form of find

Noun

finn n

1. alternative form of find

Mutation

Mutation of finn

radical	lenition	nasalization
finn	ḟinn	finn pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Proper noun

finn

1. accusative singular of finnr

Swedish

Verb

finn

1. imperative of finna