sin-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"

Irish

Alternative forms
  • sion-

Prefix

sin-

  1. syn-

Derived terms
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  • siongamacht (“syngamy”)
  • cuas-

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sine-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siniz, *senaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Akin to Old Frisian sin-, Old Saxon sin-, Old High German sin-, Old Norse sí-, Old English sinnan (“to meditate on, care about, heed”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sin/

Prefix

sin-

  1. ever, everlasting, continual, perpetual
    sintrendel (“round, ever turning”)
    sindrēam (“everlasting joy”)
  2. denotes magnitude, huge, immense; exceedingly, very
    sinhere (“huge/immense army”)
    singrim (“exceedingly fierce”)
    sinīeþe (“very gentle”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, from σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”).

Prefix

sin-

  1. syn-

Derived terms
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