different between jinn vs ginn

English

Alternative forms

• genie, ginn, djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni, jin

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (jinn) (singular ???????? (jinniyy))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophone: gin

Noun

jinn (plural jinns or jinn or jann or janns or jawan or jinnan or jinnah)

1. (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology.

Synonyms

1. (singular): jann, jinni, genie
2. (plural): jann, janns, jinnah, jawan, jinnan, genies, genii, jinns

Translations

Related terms

• angel
• ghoul
• ifrit
• jann
• nasnas
• shaitan

Portuguese

Noun

jinn m (plural jinns)

1. (Muslim demonology) jinn (spirit)

   Synonym: génio

Spanish

Noun

jinn m (plural jinns)

1. Alternative spelling of djinn

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.