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gína

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See also: gina, Gina, and gín-á

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.

Verb

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gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

  1. to gape, open one's mouth wide
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Danish gine.

Noun

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gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

  1. mannequin, dummy
Declension
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, related to Old English tōgīnan (gape) ġinian, ġeonian (English yawn), Old High German ginēn, gainōn (German gähnen). Also related to Lithuanian žióti, Latin hiō, hiscō (gape).

Verb

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gína (singular past indicative gein, plural past indicative ginu, past participle gininn)

  1. to gape
  2. to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gína
  • Faroese: gina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gina

References

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