minna
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Estonian
Verb
minna
- Da-infinitive of minema.
Faroese
Verb
minna (third person singular past indicative minti, third person plural past indicative mint, supine mint)
- to remind
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
minna n
Etymology 2
Determiner
minna
Etymology 3
Verb
minna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative minnti, supine minnt)
- (impersonal) to cause to think/believe [with accusative or (occasionally) dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "think, believe, seem to remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
- Mig minnir að svo sé.
- I seem to remember so.
- Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.
- I believe she knows programming.
- to remind [with accusative]
- Synonym: rifja upp
Usage notes
- Even though the subject is usually in the accusative case (þolfallsfrumlag) it is occasionally used in the dative case (þágufallsfrumlag):
- Mér minnir.
- instead of
- Mig minnir.
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að minna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
minnt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
minnandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég minni | við minnum | present (nútíð) |
ég minni | við minnum |
| þú minnir | þið minnið | þú minnir | þið minnið | ||
| hann, hún, það minnir | þeir, þær, þau minna | hann, hún, það minni | þeir, þær, þau minni | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég minnti | við minntum | past (þátíð) |
ég minnti | við minntum |
| þú minntir | þið minntuð | þú minntir | þið minntuð | ||
| hann, hún, það minnti | þeir, þær, þau minntu | hann, hún, það minnti | þeir, þær, þau minntu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
minn (þú) | minnið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| minntu | minniði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
minna — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að minnast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
minnst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
minnandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég minnist | við minnumst | present (nútíð) |
ég minnist | við minnumst |
| þú minnist | þið minnist | þú minnist | þið minnist | ||
| hann, hún, það minnist | þeir, þær, þau minnast | hann, hún, það minnist | þeir, þær, þau minnist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég minntist | við minntumst | past (þátíð) |
ég minntist | við minntumst |
| þú minntist | þið minntust | þú minntist | þið minntust | ||
| hann, hún, það minntist | þeir, þær, þau minntust | hann, hún, það minntist | þeir, þær, þau minntust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
minnst (þú) | minnist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| minnstu | minnisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
minntur | minnt | minnt | minntir | minntar | minnt | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
minntan | minnta | minnt | minnta | minntar | minnt | |
| dative (þágufall) |
minntum | minntri | minntu | minntum | minntum | minntum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
minnts | minntrar | minnts | minntra | minntra | minntra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
minnti | minnta | minnta | minntu | minntu | minntu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
minnta | minntu | minnta | minntu | minntu | minntu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
minnta | minntu | minnta | minntu | minntu | minntu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
minnta | minntu | minnta | minntu | minntu | minntu | |
minntur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Derived terms
- minna einhvern á eitthvað (“to remind someone of something”)
- minnast einhvers (“to recollect something, to remember something”)
- minnast á eitthvað (“to mention something”)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
minna
Maltese
Pronunciation
Adverb
minna
- first-person plural pronominal form of minn: from us
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
minna n
Verb
minna
- inflection of minne:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minna, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.
Alternative forms
- minne (e and split infinitives)
Verb
minna (present tense minner, past tense minte, past participle mint, passive infinitive minnast, present participle minnande, imperative minn)
- to remind
- den fargen minner meg om haust
- that colour reminds me of fall
- den fargen minner meg om haust
- (reflexive) return, reappear
- sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
- the illness may come back later
- sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
minna n
References
- “minna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.
Verb
minna
- to remind [with accusative ‘someone’, along with genitive or á (+ accusative) ‘of someone/something’]
- (impersonal) to remind, to cause to remember [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘of someone/something’] (idiomatically translated as "remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
- (reflexive) to remember, to call to mind [with genitive ‘someone/something’]
Conjugation
| infinitive | minna | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | minnandi | |
| past participle | mintr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | minni | minta |
| 2nd-person singular | minnir | mintir |
| 3rd-person singular | minnir | minti |
| 1st-person plural | minnum | mintum |
| 2nd-person plural | minnið | mintuð |
| 3rd-person plural | minna | mintu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | minna | minta |
| 2nd-person singular | minnir | mintir |
| 3rd-person singular | minni | minti |
| 1st-person plural | minnim | mintim |
| 2nd-person plural | minnið | mintið |
| 3rd-person plural | minni | minti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | minn, minni | |
| 1st-person plural | minnum | |
| 2nd-person plural | minnið | |
Conjugation of minna — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | minnask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | minnandisk | |
| past participle | minzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | minnumk | mintumk |
| 2nd-person singular | minnisk | mintisk |
| 3rd-person singular | minnisk | mintisk |
| 1st-person plural | minnumsk | mintumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | minnizk | mintuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | minnask | mintusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | minnumk | mintumk |
| 2nd-person singular | minnisk | mintisk |
| 3rd-person singular | minnisk | mintisk |
| 1st-person plural | minnimsk | mintimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | minnizk | mintizk |
| 3rd-person plural | minnisk | mintisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | minsk, minnisk | |
| 1st-person plural | minnumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | minnizk | |
Conjugation of minna — mediopassive (weak class 1)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
minna
Determiner
minna pl
Noun
minna
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. It should derive from a possibile earlier *minda or *mēnda. Compare, for more, minchia.
Pronunciation
Noun
minna f (plural minni)
- (anatomy, colloquial, mostly plural) tit, breast
- Mimma s'a-ritrova 'n paru di minni di chiḍḍi a nùmmiru unu.
- Mimma got such grade-a tits.
Derived terms
- minnazza
- minniteḍḍa
- minnuna
- minnuzza
- minnuzzi di sant'Àjita
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: minna (regional)
See also
Sidamo
Pronunciation
Noun
minna f
Declension
Declension of minna
(feminine)
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “minna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
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