pinn

pinn

1. first-person singular present indicative of soin

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /pʲaiɲ/
• (Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪn̠ʲ/

pinn m

1. inflection of peann:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

pinn m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. Alternative form of pinne

From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (“to protrude, jut out; peak”).

Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin; peg”), Old High German pfin, phin (“peg, pin, nail”), Middle Low German pinne (“small, long, pointed object”) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).

• IPA^(key): /pinn/, [pin]

pinn m

1. pin; peg
2. an instrument of writing; pen

• The gender is not known for sure, but it is likely masculine based on Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin, peg”) and Old High German pfin, phin (“pin, peg”), which are both i-stem and a-stem masculine nouns.

i-stem

a-stem

• penn
• *pennian (in onpennian)
• pinca
• pintel

• Middle English: pinne, pin
  • English: pin
  • Scots: pinne, pin