beina

Inherited from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vagina. Compare Spanish vaina.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbəj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbej.na]

beina f (plural beines)

1. sheath, scabbard
2. (botany) pod

• “beina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “beina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “beina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “beina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

beina (third person singular past indicative beindi, third person plural past indicative beint, supine beint)

1. to straighten, to tidy up

Conjugation of beina (group v-1)
infinitive	beina
supine	beint
participle (a7)1	beinandi	beindur
	present	past
first singular	beini	beindi
second singular	beinir	beindi
third singular	beinir	beindi
plural	beina	beindu
	imperative
singular	bein!
plural	beinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• beina fyri (to kill)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeiːna/
• Rhymes: -eiːna

beina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beindi, supine beint)

1. (transitive, with dative) to aim, to direct, to point

• beina máli til
• beina skrifum til

• beinene

beina n

1. definite plural of bein

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɪːna/

beina n

1. definite plural of bein

• IPA^(key): /²bɛɪːna/

beina f

1. definite singular of beine

From beinn (“straight, friendly, hospitable”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

beina (singular past indicative beindi, plural past indicative beindu, past participle beindr)

1. to stretch out, put into motion
2. to further, promote

• beini m
• beinir m

• Icelandic: beina

• “beina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press