gína

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈciːna/ Rhymes: -iːna === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. ==== Verb ==== gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið) to gape, open one's mouth wide ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gin gínald === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Danish gine. ==== Noun ==== gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur) mannequin, dummy ===== Declension ===== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, related to Old English tōgīnan (“gape”) ġinian, ġeonian (English yawn), Old High German ginēn, gainōn (German gähnen). Also related to Lithuanian žióti, Latin hiō, hiscō (“gape”). === Verb === gína (singular past indicative gein, plural past indicative ginu, past participle gininn) to gape to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== gín (“gap, gape”) ginn- ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gína Faroese: gina Norwegian Nynorsk: gina Old Swedish: gina Swedish: (regional) gana, gina, ginna, ginnäs === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “gína”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)