different between gink vs ginn

English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

gink (plural ginks)

1. (originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:

     Adrian felt that it was he who had brought Tom into notice and popularity, that Tom was his own special creation. The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:person, Thesaurus:man, Thesaurus:friend; Thesaurus:dork, Thesaurus:fool

References

• “gink, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2017

Anagrams

• King, king

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/

Noun

ginn (plural ginns)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/

Verb

ginn

1. Nonstandard form of given.

Anagrams

• Gnin, Ning

Irish

Alternative forms

• ging

Etymology

From Middle Irish gend (“wedge”), from Proto-Celtic *gendis (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Welsh gaing (“chisel, wedge”), Breton genn (“wedge”) within Celtic and more distantly with Latin (pre)hend? and Ancient Greek ??????? (khandán?).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /?i?n??/

Noun

ginn f (genitive singular ginne, nominative plural geanntracha)

1. (Cois Fharraige) Synonym of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• “ginn” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “genn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "ginn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in/
• Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *geban?. Cognate with German geben, Dutch geven, West Frisian jaan, Danish give, Icelandic gefa.

Verb

ginn (third-person singular present gëtt, preterite gouf or guff, past participle ginn, past subjunctive géif or giff, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to give
2. (intransitive, auxiliary verb sinn) to become
3. (impersonal, transitive) there be, there is, there are; Used to indicate that something exists or is present
4. (auxiliary) Used with the past participle of a transitive verb to form the passive voice.
5. (auxiliary) Used with the past participle of any verb to form the impersonal passive voice.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ginn

1. inflection of goen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person plural present indicative

Yagara

Noun

ginn

1. girl

References

• State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019.