hin

See also: -hin and hin-

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין‎, from Egyptian hnw (“jar, unit of liquid volume”):

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Noun

hin (plural hins)

  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
    • Bible (NIV), Exodus 30:24:
      500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
  2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
    • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
      The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to 1⁄32 = 1 ro.
Meronyms
  • (Hebrew unit of measure): log (1⁄12 hin); cab, kab (⅓ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
  • (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (1⁄32 hin); khay (⅓ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

Translations

References

Anagrams

Danish

Pronoun

hin

  1. that

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

hin m, f (demonstrative)

  1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m, f (definite)

  1. the

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hin hin hitt
Accusative (hvønnfall) hina
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum hinari / hini hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hins hinnar / hinar hins
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hinir hinar hini
Accusative (hvønnfall) hinar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hinna

Garifuna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)ĩ/

Noun

hin

  1. fruit

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪn/
  • Audio(file)

Adverb

hin

  1. (to) there; thither (archaic)
    • 1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:
      w:Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen

See also

Further reading

  • hin in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

  1. that (female)

Japanese

Romanization

hin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hine

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪnː/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

  1. the other
    Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.
    We are going to the other side of the fjord.

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

  1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

  • hinsida (“other side”)
  • hinsides (“on the other side”)

Article

hin

  1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)
  • hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
  • hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
  • hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

  1. the devil

References

West Frisian

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen)

  1. chicken
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