kinn

See also: Kinn

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of Old Hungarian ki (“outside area”) +‎ -n (case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkinː]
  • Hyphenation: kinn

Adverb

kinn (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkívül)

  1. outside
    Synonyms: kint, odakint, künn (dialectal or literary), künt (dialectal or literary)
    Antonyms: benn, bent

Derived terms
  • idekinn
  • odakinn

(Expressions):

  • se kinn, se benn

Usage notes

Suffixes can be attached only to its synonym kint: kintre, kintről, kinti.

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading
  • kinn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- (“cheek”). Compare Faroese and Norwegian kinn, Danish and Swedish kind, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cʰɪnː/
    Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

kinn f (genitive singular kinnar, nominative plural kinnar)

  1. a cheek
    • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
      Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
      If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

Declension
declension of kinn
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kinn kinnin kinnar kinnarnar
accusative kinn kinnina kinnar kinnarnar
dative kinn kinninni kinnum kinnunum
genitive kinnar kinnarinnar kinna kinnanna

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz. Compare English chin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /çɪnː/
    Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

kinn n (definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn or kinner, definite plural kinna or kinnene)

  1. (anatomy) a cheek
    å vende det andre kinnet til ― to turn the other cheek
  2. (in placenames): a steep hill(side) or slope

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz.

Noun

kinn n (definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn, definite plural kinna)

  1. (anatomy) a cheek
  2. (in placenames): a steep hill(side) or slope

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- (“cheek”).

Noun

kinn f (genitive kinnar, plural kinnr)

  1. cheek

Declension
  Declension of kinn (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kinn kinnin kinnr kinnrnar
accusative kinn kinnina kinnr kinnrnar
dative kinn kinninni kinnum kinnunum
genitive kinnar kinnarinnar kinna kinnanna

Descendants

References

kinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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