svín

See also: svin, sviň, and svíň

Faroese

svín

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svʊin/

Noun

svín n (genitive singular svíns, plural svín)

1. pig, swine (Suidae)

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svín	svínið	svín	svínini
accusative	svín	svínið	svín	svínini
dative	svíni	svíninum	svínum	svínunum
genitive	svíns	svínsins	svína	svínanna

Derived terms

• aldansvín
• marsvín
• mylnusvín
• tindasvín
• villsvín

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sviːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

svín n (genitive singular svíns, nominative plural svín)

1. pig, swine (animal of the family Suidae)
2. swine (contemptible person); one who is chauvinist, exploitative, very ill-mannered or uncleanly

Declension

Declension of svín (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svín	svínið	svín	svínin
accusative	svín	svínið	svín	svínin
dative	svíni	svíninu	svínum	svínunum
genitive	svíns	svínsins	svína	svínanna

Derived terms

• svína (“to ignore right-of-way and drive right in front of another car coming from the sides”)

Related terms

• sýr

Anagrams

• víns

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Noun

svín n

1. pig, swine

Declension

Declension of svín (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svín	svínit	svín	svínin
accusative	svín	svínit	svín	svínin
dative	svíni	svíninu	svínum	svínunum
genitive	svíns	svínsins	svína	svínanna

Derived terms

• brimsvín (“whale”, literally “surf-swine”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: svín
• Faroese: svín
• Norn: svin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svin; (dialectal) svingn
• Jamtish: svýn
• Old Swedish: svīn
  • Swedish: svin
• Danish: svin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svin