minni

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Daasanach[edit]

Noun[edit]

minni

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

  • Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)

  1. memory
  2. souvenir
  3. commemoration
  4. (computing) storage

Declension[edit]

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Accusative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Dative minni minn(i)num minnum minnunum
Genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

  1. memory, the ability to remember things
  2. a memory, something remembered
  3. a computer memory
  4. memory, the time as far back as can be remembered
  5. (dated) a toast to someone
  6. something which matters (in a storytelling, narration..)
  7. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

Declension[edit]

declension of minni
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnið minni minnin
accusative minni minnið minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

minni

  1. pronominal form of minn: from me

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

  1. definite plural of minne

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

Noun[edit]

minni n (genitive minnis)

  2. memory
Declension[edit]
  Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnit minni minnin
accusative minni minnit minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: minni
  • Faroese: minni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne
  • Swedish: minne
  • Danish: minde
  • → Middle English: minne

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.

Adjective[edit]

minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)

  2. less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill
Declension[edit]
    Declension of minni
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative minni minni minna
accusative minna minni minna
dative minna minni minna
genitive minna minni minna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative minni minni minni
accusative minni minni minni
dative minnum minnum minnum
genitive minni minni minni
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

minni n (genitive minnis)

  2. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)
Declension[edit]
  Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnit minni minnin
accusative minni minnit minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna
Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

Etymology 4[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner[edit]

minni f

  2. feminine dative singular of minn

Verb[edit]

minni

  1. inflection of minna:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active
    3. second-person singular imperative active

References[edit]

  • “minni1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minni2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minni3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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