finn

See also: Finn and fínn

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

finn (not comparable)

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

Noun

finn (plural finnek)

1. Finn (person)
2. (singular only) 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	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

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

Derived terms

• Finnország
• Finn Köztársaság
• Finn-öböl

---

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiːɲ/
• IPA^(key): /fʲiːn̠ʲ/
• 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
finn	fhinn	bhfinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

---

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

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

finn

1. imperative of finne

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

finn

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of finna
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of finna

---

Old English

Alternative forms

• fin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

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

Declension of finn (strong a-stem)

Case	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

Alternative forms

• find

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) (compare Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲin͈/

Adjective

finn

1. white
2. bright
3. blessed

Descendants

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
finn	ḟinn	finn pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

---

Swedish

Verb

finn

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of finna.