different between hisn vs hin

English

Alternative forms

• his'n

Etymology

From Middle English hisen, ultimately corresponding to an alteration of his after mine, thine.

Pronoun

hisn

1. (now regional, Britain and US, especially Appalachia) His. [from 15th c.]
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 32:

     I will not show him this letter of yours, though you seem to desire it, lest it should provoke him to be too severe a schoolmaster, when you are his'n.

   • 1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers:

     An' every feller felt ez though all Mexico wuz hisn.

Anagrams

• Nish, Shin, hins, nish, shin, sinh

English

Etymology

Noun

hin (plural hins)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
   • 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:

     500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
   • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:

     The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹?₃₂ = 1 ro.

Meronyms

• (Hebrew unit of measure): log (¹?₁₂ hin); cab, kab (¹?₃ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
• (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (¹?₃₂ hin); khay (¹?₃ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

Translations

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• NHI, NIH, ihn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic has a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Esimbi ?eon, Old High German j?ner, and Gothic ???????????????????? (jains).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hi?n], [hin]

Pronoun

hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Pronoun

hin m or f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m or f (definite)

1. the

Declension

French

Etymology

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Interjection

hin

1. (onomatopeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)?/

Noun

hin

1. fruit

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?n/

Adverb

hin

1. (to) there; thither (archaic)

Adjective

hin (only predicative)

1. (colloquial) on the fritz (out of order)

   Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt

See also

• hin-
• hin und wieder

Further reading

• “hin” in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

1. that (female)

Declension

Article

hin (f)

1. the (definite article)

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

hin

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

1. Alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Determiner

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

1. the other

References

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Pronoun

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Article

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

• hinsidan (“the other side”)
• hinsides (“on the other side”)

Article

hin

1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

• hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
• hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
• hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

1. the devil

References

• Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *s?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi?n/

Noun

hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

1. (dated) weather

   Synonym: tywydd

Derived terms

• hinsawdd (“climate”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

1. hen
2. chicken meat

Further reading

• “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

hin

1. Alternative form of hen