sinine

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪniːn/

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Noun

sinine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in Heimia salicifolia.

Anagrams

• innies

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen, from sini- +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinine/
• Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne
• Rhymes: -ine

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist, comparative sinisem, superlative kõige sinisem or siniseim)

1. blue (color)

   Ta oli mustade juuste ja siniste silmadega.

   She had black hair and blue eyes.

Declension

Declension of sinine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sinine	sinised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sinise
genitive			siniste
partitive		sinist	siniseid
illative		sinisesse	sinistesse siniseisse
inessive		sinises	sinistes siniseis
elative		sinisest	sinistest siniseist
allative		sinisele	sinistele siniseile
adessive		sinisel	sinistel siniseil
ablative		siniselt	sinistelt siniseilt
translative		siniseks	sinisteks siniseiks
terminative		siniseni	sinisteni
essive		sinisena	sinistena
abessive		siniseta	sinisteta
comitative		sinisega	sinistega

Noun

sinine (genitive sinise, partitive sinist)

1. The color blue.

   Aed värviti sinise värviga üle.

   The fence was painted with the blue color.

2. Something colored in blue.

   Ma kannan meeleldi sinist.

   I like to wear blue.

Declension

Declension of sinine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sinine	sinised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sinise
genitive			siniste
partitive		sinist	siniseid
illative		sinisesse	sinistesse siniseisse
inessive		sinises	sinistes siniseis
elative		sinisest	sinistest siniseist
allative		sinisele	sinistele siniseile
adessive		sinisel	sinistel siniseil
ablative		siniselt	sinistelt siniseilt
translative		siniseks	sinisteks siniseiks
terminative		siniseni	sinisteni
essive		sinisena	sinistena
abessive		siniseta	sinisteta
comitative		sinisega	sinistega

Interjection

sinine

1. Used in mild curse phrases, usually suits phonetically with the next word.

   Oh sa sinine sitikas!

   Damn it!

   (literally, “You blue beetle!”)

Related terms

• indigosinine
• helesinine
• padasinine
• potisinine
• rohekassinine
• sinakasroheline
• siniroheline
• sinisilmne
• taevasinine
• taevassinine
• tsüaansinine
• tumesinine

See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)

valge	hall	must
punane; karmiinpunane	oranž; pruun	kollane; kreem
laimiroheline, kollakasroheline	roheline	mündiroheline; tumeroheline
tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline	taevasinine, taevassinine	sinine
lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine	fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane	roosa

Karelian

Regional variants of sinine

North Karelian (Viena)	šinini
South Karelian (Tver)	sinine

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen. Cognates include Finnish sininen and Veps sinine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲinʲinʲe/
• Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ne

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinizen, partitive sinistä)

1. (South Karelian) blue

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “sinine”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine

1. blue (color)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine

1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of sinine (inflection type 28/sinine)
nominative sing.	sinine
genitive sing.	sinižen
partitive sing.	siništ
partitive plur.	sinižid
	singular	plural
nominative	sinine	sinižed
accusative	sinižen	sinižed
genitive	sinižen	sinižiden
partitive	siništ	sinižid
essive-instructive	sinižen	sinižin
translative	sinižeks	sinižikš
inessive	sinižes	sinižiš
elative	sinižespäi	sinižišpäi
illative	sinižehe	sinižihe
adessive	sinižel	sinižil
ablative	siniželpäi	sinižilpäi
allative	sinižele	sinižile
abessive	sinižeta	sinižita
comitative	siniženke	sinižidenke
prolative	siništme	sinižidme
approximative I	siniženno	sinižidenno
approximative II	sinižennoks	sinižidennoks
egressive	sinižennopäi	sinižidennopäi
terminative I	sinižehesai	sinižihesai
terminative II	siniželesai	sinižilesai
terminative III	sinižessai	—
additive I	sinižehepäi	sinižihepäi
additive II	siniželepäi	sinižilepäi

Derived terms

• muzasinine
• sinižma

Noun

sinine

1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of sinine (inflection type 28/sinine)
nominative sing.	sinine
genitive sing.	sinižen
partitive sing.	siništ
partitive plur.	sinižid
	singular	plural
nominative	sinine	sinižed
accusative	sinižen	sinižed
genitive	sinižen	sinižiden
partitive	siništ	sinižid
essive-instructive	sinižen	sinižin
translative	sinižeks	sinižikš
inessive	sinižes	sinižiš
elative	sinižespäi	sinižišpäi
illative	sinižehe	sinižihe
adessive	sinižel	sinižil
ablative	siniželpäi	sinižilpäi
allative	sinižele	sinižile
abessive	sinižeta	sinižita
comitative	siniženke	sinižidenke
prolative	siništme	sinižidme
approximative I	siniženno	sinižidenno
approximative II	sinižennoks	sinižidennoks
egressive	sinižennopäi	sinižidennopäi
terminative I	sinižehesai	sinižihesai
terminative II	siniželesai	sinižilesai
terminative III	sinižessai	—
additive I	sinižehepäi	sinižihepäi
additive II	siniželepäi	sinižilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “синий”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sininen.

Adjective

sinine (genitive sinidse, partitive sinist)

1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of sinine

	singular	plural
nominative	sinine	sinidseq
accusative	sinidse	sinidseq
genitive	sinidse	sinitside siniste
partitive	sinist	sinitsit
illative	sinitsehe	sinitsihe sinistehe
inessive	sinidsen sinidsehn	sinitsin sinisten sinitsihn sinistehn
elative	sinidsest	sinitsist sinistest
allative	sinidsele	sinitsile sinistele
adessive	sinidsel	sinitsil sinistel
ablative	sinidselt	sinitsilt sinistelt
translative	sinidses	sinitsis sinistes
terminative	sinidseniq	sinitsiniq sinisteniq
abessive	sinidseldäq	sinitsildäq sinisteldäq
comitative	sinidsegäq	sinitsidegäq sinistegäq