seinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seitn/

  Rhymes: -eitn

Adjective

seinn (comparative seinni, superlative seinastur)

1. late, tardyTemplate:jump

   Hann hlýtur að vera kominn — hann er aldrei seinn.

   He must be here already—he's never late.

   Við erum orðnar seinar í tíma!

   We're late for class!

2. slowTemplate:jump

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinn	sein	seint
accusative	seinan	seina	seint
dative	seinum	seinni	seinu
genitive	seins	seinnar	seins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinir	seinar	sein
accusative	seina	seinar	sein
dative	seinum	seinum	seinum
genitive	seinna	seinna	seinna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seini	seina	seina
accusative	seina	seinu	seina
dative	seina	seinu	seina
genitive	seina	seinu	seina
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinu	seinu	seinu
accusative	seinu	seinu	seinu
dative	seinu	seinu	seinu
genitive	seinu	seinu	seinu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinni	seinni	seinna
accusative	seinni	seinni	seinna
dative	seinni	seinni	seinna
genitive	seinni	seinni	seinna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinni	seinni	seinni
accusative	seinni	seinni	seinni
dative	seinni	seinni	seinni
genitive	seinni	seinni	seinni

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinastur	seinust	seinast
accusative	seinastan	seinasta	seinast
dative	seinustum	seinastri	seinustu
genitive	seinasts	seinastrar	seinasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinastir	seinastar	seinust
accusative	seinasta	seinastar	seinust
dative	seinustum	seinustum	seinustum
genitive	seinastra	seinastra	seinastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinasti	seinasta	seinasta
accusative	seinasta	seinustu	seinasta
dative	seinasta	seinustu	seinasta
genitive	seinasta	seinustu	seinasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	seinustu	seinustu	seinustu
accusative	seinustu	seinustu	seinustu
dative	seinustu	seinustu	seinustu
genitive	seinustu	seinustu	seinustu

Synonyms

• Template:jump síðkvæmur
• Template:jump hægur

Derived terms

• orðinn seinn
• seinn að einhverju (“slow at something”)
• seinn á fæti (“to be a slow walker”)
• seinn fyrir (“late, behind-hand”)
• seinn til (“to develop late”)
• svifaseinn
• um seinan (“too late”)

 

See also

• seinlæti

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Verb

seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

1. sing
2. (dated) play (musical intrument)

Noun

seinn f (genitive singular seinne)

1. singing

Derived terms

• taigh-seinnse (“public house, pub, tavern”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seinn	sheinn after "an", t-seinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.