sinna

Estonian

Etymology

Sublative of see (“it”). Akin to Finnish sinne and Ingrian sinne.

Adverb

sinna

1. there (indicating motion: to that place)

See also

Estonian deictic adverbs

	proximal	distal	interrogative
motion towards	siia	sinna	kuhu
location inside	siin	seal	kus
motion from	siit	sealt	kust

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪn(ː)a]
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse sinna, borrowed from Middle Low German sinnen (“to strive for”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sinnaną (“to aim for, long for”).

Verb

sinna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sinnti, supine sinnt)

1. to attend to [with dative]
2. to care for, to mind [with dative]

Conjugation

sinna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sinna
supine sagnbót		sinnt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sinnandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sinni	sinnti		sinni	sinnti
	þú	sinnir	sinntir		sinnir	sinntir
	hann, hún, það	sinnir	sinnti		sinni	sinnti
plural	við	sinnum	sinntum		sinnum	sinntum
	þið	sinnið	sinntuð		sinnið	sinntuð
	þeir, þær, þau	sinna	sinntu		sinni	sinntu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sinn (þú), sinntu
plural	þið	sinnið (þið), sinniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sinnast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sinnast
supine sagnbót		sinnst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sinnandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sinnist	sinntist		sinnist	sinntist
	þú	sinnist	sinntist		sinnist	sinntist
	hann, hún, það	sinnist	sinntist		sinnist	sinntist
plural	við	sinnumst	sinntumst		sinnumst	sinntumst
	þið	sinnist	sinntust		sinnist	sinntust
	þeir, þær, þau	sinnast	sinntust		sinnist	sinntust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sinnst (þú), sinnstu
plural	þið	sinnist (þið), sinnisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sinntur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sinntur	sinnt	sinnt	sinntir	sinntar	sinnt
accusative (þolfall)	sinntan	sinnta	sinnt	sinnta	sinntar	sinnt
dative (þágufall)	sinntum	sinntri	sinntu	sinntum	sinntum	sinntum
genitive (eignarfall)	sinnts	sinntrar	sinnts	sinntra	sinntra	sinntra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sinnti	sinnta	sinnta	sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
accusative (þolfall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta	sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
dative (þágufall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta	sinntu	sinntu	sinntu
genitive (eignarfall)	sinnta	sinntu	sinnta	sinntu	sinntu	sinntu

Etymology 2

Noun

sinna f (genitive singular sinnu, no plural)

1. interest, attention

Declension

Declension of sinna (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinna	sinnan
accusative	sinnu	sinnuna
dative	sinnu	sinnunni
genitive	sinnu	sinnunnar

Etymology 3

Determiner

sinna

1. genitive plural of sinn (“his/her(s)/its”)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “sinna”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 818 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Maltese

Root
s-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic *šinn-

Arabic سِنّ (sinn)

Maltese sinna

Inherited from Arabic سِنّ (sinn). The Arabic noun is feminine and was formally feminised in Maltese by adding -a; compare the same in widna (“ear”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سنة (sanna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɪnna

Noun

sinna f (plural snien, paucal sinniet, diminutive snejna or (baby talk) sinnuna)

1. tooth
2. any tooth-like part

   sinna tewm ― garlic clove

Derived terms

• businna (busnien)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sinnene

Noun

sinna n

1. definite plural of sinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sinna n

1. definite plural of sinn

Old Norse

Determiner

sinna

1. masculine/feminine/neuter genitive plural of sínn

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सिन्न (Devanagari script)
• সিন্ন (Bengali script)
• සින‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• သိန္န or သိၼ္ၼ or သိၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
• สินฺน or สินนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິນ຺ນ or ສິນນະ (Lao script)
• សិន្ន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्विन्न (svinna).

Adjective

sinna

1. covered in sweat, wet with perspiration

Declension

Declension table of "sinna" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinno	sinnā
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinne
Instrumental (third)	sinnena	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnassa or sinnāya or sinnatthaṃ	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnasmā or sinnamhā or sinnā	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnassa	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnasmiṃ or sinnamhi or sinne	sinnesu
Vocative (calling)	sinna	sinnā

Declension table of "sinnā" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinnā	sinnāyo or sinnā
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinnāyo or sinnā
Instrumental (third)	sinnāya	sinnāhi or sinnābhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnāya	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnāya	sinnāhi or sinnābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnāya	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnāya or sinnāyaṃ	sinnāsu
Vocative (calling)	sinne	sinnāyo or sinnā

Declension table of "sinna" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sinnaṃ	sinnāni
Accusative (second)	sinnaṃ	sinnāni
Instrumental (third)	sinnena	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Dative (fourth)	sinnassa or sinnāya or sinnatthaṃ	sinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sinnasmā or sinnamhā or sinnā	sinnehi or sinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sinnassa	sinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sinnasmiṃ or sinnamhi or sinne	sinnesu
Vocative (calling)	sinna	sinnāni

Sicilian

Etymology

From the progressive assimilation of the earlier singa (cf. also lingua and zannu), from Latin signa, feminized plural of signum. Doublet of signu, singu/sinnu. Akin to Spanish seña and Catalan senya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.na/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: sin‧na

Noun

sinna f (plural sinni)

1. sign, indication

   Synonym: nnicazziuni

2. trait

   Synonym: ntacca

3. gesture

   Synonym: gestu

Derived terms

• sinnali
• sinnari

Related terms

• nzignari
• signali
• sincalijari

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinːa/
• Hyphenation: sin‧na

Noun

sinna f

1. plural of sina

Declension

Declension of sinna (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	sinna
nominative	sinna	sinna
genitive	sinnate*)	sinna*)
dative	sinnate	sinnara
accusative	sinna*)
ablative	sinnatenni	sinnanni

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sinna

1. to there, thither, that way

References

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