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pinne
pinne
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]
Noun
pinne
- (rare, dialectal) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
- (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
- (idiomatic) A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions.
Declension
| Inflection of pinne (Kotus type 48/hame, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pinne | pinteet | |
| genitive | pinteen | pinteiden pinteitten |
|
| partitive | pinnettä | pinteitä | |
| illative | pinteeseen | pinteisiin pinteihin |
|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pinne | pinteet | |
| accusative | nom. | pinne | pinteet |
| gen. | pinteen | ||
| genitive | pinteen | pinteiden pinteitten |
|
| partitive | pinnettä | pinteitä | |
| inessive | pinteessä | pinteissä | |
| elative | pinteestä | pinteistä | |
| illative | pinteeseen | pinteisiin pinteihin |
|
| adessive | pinteellä | pinteillä | |
| ablative | pinteeltä | pinteiltä | |
| allative | pinteelle | pinteille | |
| essive | pinteenä | pinteinä | |
| translative | pinteeksi | pinteiksi | |
| instructive | — | pintein | |
| abessive | pinteettä | pinteittä | |
| comitative | — | pinteineen | |
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Old English
Noun
pinne f
Declension
Declension of pinne (weak)
Usage notes
- The exact gender is unknown. As pinne, it is assumed to be feminine. The form, glossed once in the accusative case, is pinnan (for flaxan, "flask"). Gender could also be masculine (nominative pinna).
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Norse pinni, from Old Swedish pinne, cognate with English pin.
Noun
pinne c
- a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of material
- a perch; a bird's roost
- Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne.
- Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory.
- Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne.
- (sports) a point valid in a sports league, given to a team for winning a league match
- I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon.
Declension
| Inflection of pinne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pinne | pinnen | pinnar | pinnarna |
| Genitive | pinnes | pinnens | pinnars | pinnarnas |
Derived terms
Derived terms
Phrases
- lägga på en pinne
See also
References
- pinne in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.