finn

See also: Finn and fínn

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfinː]
• Hyphenation: finn
• Rhymes: -inː

Adjective

finn (not comparable)

1. Finnish (of or relating to Finland, its people or language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnek
accusative	finnet	finneket
dative	finnek	finneknek
instrumental	finnel	finnekkel
causal-final	finnért	finnekért
translative	finné	finnekké
terminative	finnig	finnekig
essive-formal	finnként	finnekként
essive-modal	finnül	—
inessive	finnben	finnekben
superessive	finnen	finneken
adessive	finnél	finneknél
illative	finnbe	finnekbe
sublative	finnre	finnekre
allative	finnhez	finnekhez
elative	finnből	finnekből
delative	finnről	finnekről
ablative	finntől	finnektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	finné	finneké
non-attributive possessive - plural	finnéi	finnekéi

Derived terms

• Finn Köztársaság
• Finn-öböl
• Finnország

 

Noun

finn (countable and uncountable, plural finnek)

1. Finn (person)
2. Finnish (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnek
accusative	finnet	finneket
dative	finnek	finneknek
instrumental	finnel	finnekkel
causal-final	finnért	finnekért
translative	finné	finnekké
terminative	finnig	finnekig
essive-formal	finnként	finnekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	finnben	finnekben
superessive	finnen	finneken
adessive	finnél	finneknél
illative	finnbe	finnekbe
sublative	finnre	finnekre
allative	finnhez	finnekhez
elative	finnből	finnekből
delative	finnről	finnekről
ablative	finntől	finnektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	finné	finneké
non-attributive possessive - plural	finnéi	finnekéi

Possessive forms of finn
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	finnem	finnjeim
2nd person sing.	finned	finnjeid
3rd person sing.	finnje	finnjei
1st person plural	finnünk	finnjeink
2nd person plural	finnetek	finnjeitek
3rd person plural	finnjük	finnjeik

Further reading

• finn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /fʲiːɲ/
• (Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /fʲiːn̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɪn̠ʲ/

Adjective

finn

1. inflection of fionn:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

finn m

1. genitive singular of fionn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
finn	fhinn	bhfinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• inn

Etymology

From French finir (“finish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/

Verb

finn (medial form finn)

1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense, commonly contracted to "inn" in speech.

Related terms

• fini

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

finn

1. imperative of finne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finː/
• IPA^(key): /fiɲː/ (dialects with palatalization)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Possibly from a word for nomadic people. Doublet of finne.

Noun

finn m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)

1. (archaic) Sami; member of the Sami people

   Synonyms: same, (derogatory) lapp

2. (rare, archaic) a Traveller, a vagabond

Derived terms

• bufinn
• finnandlet
• finnauga
• finnavåt
• finnbadstove
• finnball
• finnblod
• finnbunding
• finnbygd (“village where the majority is Sami”)
• finnbåt
• finndjevel (“Sami”, derogatory, literally “Sami devil”)
• finnebarn
• finnebusetnad
• finnefolk (“Sami people”)
• finnegamme
• finnerter
• finnete
• finneting (“Sami assembly”)
• finnetoll
• finnfadervår, finnefadervår n
• finnferd, finneferd (“journey north to the Sami”)
• finnfor
• finnforgjord
• finngalkn
• finngand
• finngjerd
• finnglunt
• finnhelvete
• finnhopp
• finnhug
• finnhund, finnehund
• finnhyske
• finnhøkel
• finnjente, finnejente
• finnjoik
• finnkjekse
• finnkjerring
• finnklede
• finnkniv, finnekniv (“Sami knife”)
• finnkote
• finnkule
• finnkøyte
• finnladd
• finnlapp
• finnlarv
• finnluft
• finnlugg
• finnlukt
• finnmudd
• finnmål (“Sami language”)
• finnonder
• finnpose
• finnredd
• finnri
• finnrye
• finnsjel
• finnskatt
• finnsko, finnesko (“Sami footwear; gámmagat”)
• finnskogras
• finnskohøy
• finnskot
• finnslark
• finnstar
• finnstøvel
• finntarm
• finntikse
• finntukt
• finntusse
• finntyke
• finntytte
• finntøkje
• finntørk
• finntøte
• finntøykje
• finntøyte
• finnunge
• finnvækje
• finsk
• fjellfinn (“mountain Sami; someone who’s not good at sea”)
• flyttfinn
• frågefinn
• gammefinn
• gandfinn (“Sami with knowledge of sorcery”)
• gratangsfinn (“a Sami from Gratangen”)
• halvfinn (“half-Sami”)
• hanfinn
• kotefinn
• markefinn
• nepefinn
• nordfinn (“Northern Sami”)
• reinfinn
• renna finn (“to ski like a Sami”)
• runefinn
• sjøfinn
• skoddefinn
• skreifinn
• spørjefinn
• tiggarfinn
• trollfinn

 

Related terms

Male given names:

• Alvfinn
• Arnfinn
• Audfinn
• Bergfinn
• Bjarnfinn
• Dagfinn
• Dolgfinn
• Finn
• Finnalv
• Finnberg
• Finnbjørn
• Finnboge
• Finne
• Finngard
• Finngeir
• Finnkjell
• Finnleik
• Finnmund
• Finnolv, Finnulv
• Finnvard
• Finnvid
• Fridfinn
• Geirfinn
• Gudfinn
• Herfinn
• Kolfinn
• Oddfinn
• Rodfinn
• Sigfinn
• Skåfinn
• Slagfinn
• Steinfinn
• Sæfinn
• Torfinn
• Vidfinn
• Åsfinn

 

Female given names:

• Alvfinna
• Arnfinna
• Dyrfinna
• Finna
• Finnbjørg
• Finndis
• Finnfrid
• Finngjerd
• Finnlaug
• Fridfinna
• Gudfinna
• Ingefinna
• Jofinna
• Kolfinna
• Sigfinna
• Sæfinna
• Torfinna

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finn.

Verb

finn

1. inflection of finna:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old English

Alternative forms

• fin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

Noun

finn m

1. fin
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9

     Ne ete ġē nānne fisċ būtan þā þe habbaþ finnas and sċielle.

     Don't eat any fish except those that have fins and scales.

Declension

Declension of finn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	finn	finnas
accusative	finn	finnas
genitive	finnes	finna
dative	finne	finnum

Descendants

• Middle English: finne, fynne, fyn
  • Scots: fin, fyn
  • English: fin

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• find

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) (compare Welsh gwyn, Gaulish *windos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲin͈/

Adjective

finn

1. white
2. bright
3. blessed

Descendants

• Irish: fionn
• Manx: fynn
• Scottish Gaelic: fionn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
finn	ḟinn	finn pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Proper noun

finn

1. accusative singular of finnr

Swedish

Verb

finn

1. imperative of finna