hin

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

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.

• (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)

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

• NIH, ihn

hin

1. that

From Old Norse hinn.

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

hin m or f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

hin m or f (definite)

1. the

• IPA^(key): /(h)ĩ/

hin

1. fruit

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

• IPA^(key): /hɪn/

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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

     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.

hin (only predicative)

1. (colloquial) on the fritz (out of order)

   Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt

• hin-
• hin und wieder

• hin in Duden online

hin (demonstrative)

1. that (female)

hin (f)

1. the (definite article)

hin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

hin

1. Alternative form of hine

• “hine, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.

From Old Norse hinn.

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

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.

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse hinn.

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

hin

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

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

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”)

hin c

1. the devil

• Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

1. hen
2. chicken meat

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