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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]minn (feminine mín, neuter mitt)
- (possessive) my, mine (used referring to someone/something masculine)
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
kallar á nafna sinn:
„Ég fann höfud af hrúti
hrygg og gæruskinn.“
Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
krummi nafni minn.- “Krummi croaks outside,
calling his namesake:
‘I found the head of a ram,
backbone and sheepskin.’
Come now and peck with me,
Krummi, my namesake.”
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
- Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,
- rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,
- hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,
- úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;
- Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,
- drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.
- Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
- the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.
- Here many spirits of the dark
- threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.
- The Lord leads my horse,
- it is still a long, long way home.
- Þetta er maðurinn minn, hann Þorlákur.
- This is my husband Þorlákur.
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
Declension
[edit]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 |
Derived terms
[edit]- dömur mínar og herrar
- mínlegur
- minns (“the miniaturized character I'm playing as”)
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]minn
- from
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
- taħt it-tbissima
falza ta’ wiċċi
kien hemm in-niket
u dwejjaq kbar
u biża’ minnek.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:
- u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
ngħix ħajja waħdi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:
- U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
minn ħbub għajnejja.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
[edit]Inflected forms of minn | |||||||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||||
m | f | ||||||
1st person | minni | minna | |||||
2nd person | minnek | minnkom | |||||
3rd person | minnu | minnha | minnhom | ||||
Definite forms | |||||||
Xemxin | Qamrin | ||||||
miċ- · mid- · min- mir- · mis- · mit- · mix- · miz- · miż- |
mill- |
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Verb
[edit]minn
- imperative of minne
Old Norse
[edit]Determiner
[edit]minn
- Alternative form of mínn (“my”)
Declension
[edit] Declension of minn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | mínn, minn | mín | mítt, mitt |
accusative | mínn, minn | mína | mítt, mitt |
dative | mínum | mínni, minni | mínu |
genitive | míns | mínnar, minnar | míns |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | mínir | mínar | mín |
accusative | mína | mínar | mín |
dative | mínum | mínum | mínum |
genitive | mínna, minna | mínna, minna | mínna, minna |
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