pinn

See also: pínn

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Waterford) IPA(key): /pʲəiɲ/
  • (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): /pʲəinʲ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /pʲɪn̠ʲ/

Noun

pinn m

  1. inflection of peann:
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pinn phinn bpinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Late Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

Noun

pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

  1. a knitting needle

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to late Old Norse pinni.

Noun

pinn ?

  1. pin

Descendants

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