minni
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Daasanach[edit]
Noun[edit]
minni
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)
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)
- memory, the ability to remember things
- a memory, something remembered
- a computer memory
- memory, the time as far back as can be remembered
- (dated) a toast to someone
- something which matters (in a storytelling, narration..)
- (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir
Declension[edit]
declension of minni
Synonyms[edit]
- (something remembered): minning
- (computer-memory): tölvuminni
- (the time as far back as cen be remembered): í manna minnum
- (a toast): skál
- (a souvenir): minjagripur m
Derived terms[edit]
Maltese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
minni
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
minni n
(non-standard since 2012)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.
Noun[edit]
minni n (genitive minnis)
Declension[edit]
Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: minni
- Faroese: minni
- Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
- Norwegian Bokmål: minne
- Swedish: minne
- Danish: minde
- → Middle English: minne
- English: min
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.
Adjective[edit]
minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)
Declension[edit]
Declension of minni
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: minni
- Faroese: minni
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: minne, mindre
- Swedish: mindre
- Old Danish: minnæ, mindræ
- Danish: mindre
Etymology 3[edit]
Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
minni n (genitive minnis)
- mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)
Declension[edit]
Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner[edit]
minni f
Verb[edit]
minni
- inflection of minna:
References[edit]
Categories:
- Daasanach lemmas
- Daasanach nouns
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɪnːɪ
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Computing
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic terms with obsolete senses
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese adverbs
- Maltese preposition forms
- Maltese pronominal adverbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter ija-stem nouns
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse comparative adjectives
- Old Norse determiner forms
- Old Norse verb forms