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svín

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See also: svin, sviň, and svíň

Faroese

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svín

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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svín n (genitive singular svíns, plural svín)

  1. pig, swine (Suidae)

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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svín n

  1. pig, swine

Declension

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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

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  • brimsvín (whale, literally surf-swine)

Descendants

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