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hin

See also: -hin, hin-, hīⁿ, and hîn

Translingual

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hin

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hindi.

English

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Etymology

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

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hin (plural hins)

  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
    • 1973, Bible (New International Version), 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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic languages have a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Old English ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

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Pronoun

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hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

  1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hinn.

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Pronoun

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hin m or f (demonstrative)

  1. the other, that, the

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hin m or f (definite)

  1. the

Declension

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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


French

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Etymology

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Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

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Interjection

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hin

  1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

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Noun

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hin

  1. fruit

Inflection

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Possessives of hin
singular plural
first nin win
second bin hin
third masculine feminine hin
lin tin

German

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Etymology

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From Old High German hina; compare English hence.

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Adverb

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hin

  2. Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
    • 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
      Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

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hin (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (colloquial) having taken its course, situated, left
    Synonym: hingegangen
    Ich werde nachsehen, wo die Pakete hin sind. ― I'll check where the packages went.
  2. (colloquial) on the fritz, bruck, out of order
    Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt
  3. (colloquial) exhausted, depleted
  4. (colloquial) captivated, fully on wass
    Synonyms: (all also formal) hingerissen, hin und weg, hinüber

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Further reading

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  • “hin” in Duden online
  • “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

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Pronoun

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hin (demonstrative)

  1. that (female)

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    declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hitt
accusative hinn hina hitt
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

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hin (f)

  1. the (definite article)

Declension

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    declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hið
accusative hinn hina hið
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

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hin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈhin/ [ˈhi̞n]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: hin

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hin

  1. Pronunciation variant of sin.

Middle English

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hin

  1. Alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hinn.

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Determiner

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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.

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Old Norse

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hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

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    Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hitt
accusative hinn hina hitt
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

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hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

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    Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hit
accusative hinn hina hit
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Spanish

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Interjection

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hin

  1. neigh (horse sound)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hinn.

The noun, a noa-name, might have been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

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hin

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

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hin

  1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)
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  • 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”)

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hin c

  1. (euphemistic) the devil
    Synonyms: den lede, den onde, hin håle, hin onde, skam

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Vietnamese

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Adjective

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hin

  1. (of a nose) narrow

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.

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hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

  1. (dated) weather
    Synonym: tywydd

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

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Etymology

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

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hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

  1. hen
  2. chicken meat

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  • “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

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Noun

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hin

  1. Alternative form of hen

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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