mín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊin]

Pronoun

mín

1. me; genitive singular of eg (‘I’, the first person personal pronoun)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Pronoun

mín

1. my, mine; the first person possessive pronoun

Declension

Possessive pronoun - ognarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	mín	mín	mítt
Accusative (hvønnfall)		mína
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mínum	míni / mínari	mínum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(míns)	(mínar)	(míns)
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	mínir	mínar	míni
Accusative (hvønnfall)	mínar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mínum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(mína)

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mín

1. (personal): genitive singular of ég meaning me

   Þú ætlar að ganga til mín.

   You are going to walk to me.

   Hver er stysta leiðin til að fara heim til mín?

   What is the shortest way to go home to me?

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg†, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mín

1. (possessive): nominative feminine singular of minn

   Þetta er mín eign.

   This is my property.

2. (possessive): nominative neuter plural of minn
3. (possessive): accusative neuter plural of minn

Declension

possessive pronouns
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	minn	mín	mitt		mínir	mínar	mín
accusative	minn	mína	mitt		mína	mínar	mín
dative	mínum	minni	mínu		mínum	mínum	mínum
genitive	míns	minnar	míns		minna	minna	minna

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mín (“smooth, level, calm; self-restrained, gentle, placid, courteous, docile, subdued, tame; digestible, palatable; soft”), from Proto-Celtic *mīnos (“soft, tender”), which is related to *mēto-, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːnʲ/

Adjective

mín (genitive singular masculine mín, genitive singular feminine míne, plural míne, comparative míne)

1. smooth
   1. having even, level surface
   2. smooth to the touch, polished
   3. free from wrinkles or hair
   4. not harsh
   5. soft, delicate
   6. flowing
   7. suave, plausible
2. fine (of a comb, sieve, etc.), small
3. gentle, courteous, tender; quiet, still (of person, manner)

Declension

Declension of mín

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mín	mhín	míne; mhíne²
Vocative	mhín		míne
Genitive		míne	míne	mín
Dative	mín; mhín¹	mhín	míne; mhíne²
Comparative	níos míne
Superlative	is míne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• abhras mín (“fine yarn”)
• aiteann mín (“dwarf whin”)
• bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpit”)
• chomh mín le síoda (“smooth as silk”)
• cíor mhín (“fine-toothed comb”)
• craiceann bog mín (“soft smooth skin”)
• feochadán mín (“carline thistle”)
• greabhán mín (“horsebane”)
• leathóg mhín (“lemon sole”)
• lus mín (“dill”)
• meallach mín (“smooth and enticing”)
• mín áilghean (“soft and mild”)
• mín le do chneas (“soft next one's skin”)
• mín marbh (“still and insensible”)
• mín réidh (“smooth and even”)
• mín síodúil (“smooth and silky”)
• mínigh (“to smooth, polish; explain”)
• mínscoth (“knapweed”)
• míntír f (“mainland”)
• olann mhín (“sheer wool”)
• plána mín (“smoothing-plane”)
• praiseach mhín (“orache”)
• salann mín (“table-salt”)
• siúcra mín (“castor sugar”)
• teanga mhín (“white dead-nettle”)
• úir mhín (“fine soil, mould”)

 

Noun

mín f (genitive singular míne, nominative plural mínte)

1. smooth, fine thing or part
2. (geography) smooth, level land; tillable land; tract of grassland in mountain

Declension

Declension of mín

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mín mínte Vocative a mhín a mhínte Genitive míne mínte Dative mín mínte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhín na mínte Genitive na míne na mínte Dative leis an mín don mhín leis na mínte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mín	mhín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• min — nonstandard

Romanization

mín (min², Zhuyin ㄇㄧㄣˊ)

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5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忟
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怋
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8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敯
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旻
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旼
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暉／晖
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 民
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珉
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琘
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑉
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痻
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盿
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砇
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碈
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緍／𦈏
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緡／缗
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缗
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罠
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苠
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賬／账
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈱／𲇸
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錉
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍲
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閔／闵
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閺

Old Norse

Determiner

mín

1. inflection of mínn:
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Pronoun

mín

1. genitive of ek