seinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seitn/
    Rhymes: -eitn

Adjective

seinn (comparative seinni, superlative seinastur)

  1. late, tardy syn.
    Hann hlýtur að vera kominn — hann er aldrei seinn.
    He must be here already—he's never late.
    Við erum orðnar seinar í tíma!
    We're late for class!
  2. slow syn.

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinn sein seint
accusative seinan seina seint
dative seinum seinni seinu
genitive seins seinnar seins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinir seinar sein
accusative seina seinar sein
dative seinum seinum seinum
genitive seinna seinna seinna
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seini seina seina
accusative seina seinu seina
dative seina seinu seina
genitive seina seinu seina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinu seinu seinu
accusative seinu seinu seinu
dative seinu seinu seinu
genitive seinu seinu seinu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinni seinni seinna
accusative seinni seinni seinna
dative seinni seinni seinna
genitive seinni seinni seinna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinni seinni seinni
accusative seinni seinni seinni
dative seinni seinni seinni
genitive seinni seinni seinni
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinastur seinust seinast
accusative seinastan seinasta seinast
dative seinustum seinastri seinustu
genitive seinasts seinastrar seinasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinastir seinastar seinust
accusative seinasta seinastar seinust
dative seinustum seinustum seinustum
genitive seinastra seinastra seinastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinasti seinasta seinasta
accusative seinasta seinustu seinasta
dative seinasta seinustu seinasta
genitive seinasta seinustu seinasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinustu seinustu seinustu
accusative seinustu seinustu seinustu
dative seinustu seinustu seinustu
genitive seinustu seinustu seinustu

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • seinn að einhverju (“slow at something”)
  • seinn fyrir (“late, behind-hand”)
  • seinn til (“to develop late”)
  • seinn á fæti (“to be a slow walker”)
  • um seinan (“too late”)
  • orðinn seinn
  • svifaseinn

See also
  • seinlæti

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Verb

seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

  1. sing
  2. (dated) play (musical intrument)

Noun

seinn f (genitive singular seinne)

  1. singing

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
seinnsheinn
after "an", t-seinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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