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sinn.

third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

det[sɪn(ː)][ˈsɪn(ː)]
  1. third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

noun[ˈsɪn(ː)]
  1. time, as in occurrence

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

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