shin

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɪn/ Rhymes: -ɪn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin. ==== Noun ==== shin (plural shins) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Synonym: tibia A fishplate for a railway ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== shinbone ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned) To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like. Synonym: shinny (US) To strike with the shin. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== sheen ==== Noun ==== shin (plural shins) The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ===== Translations ===== === See also === Appendix:Hebrew alphabet === Further reading === Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === See also === shin hanga (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === Hins, Nish, hins, his'n, hisn, nish, sinh == Esperanto == === Pronoun === shin H-system spelling of ŝin == Hausa == === Etymology === From Arabic شِين (šīn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃín/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʃɪ́ŋ] === Noun === shin f shin (letter of the Arabic alphabet) == Irish == === Pronoun === shin lenited form of sin == Japanese == === Romanization === shin Rōmaji transcription of しん == Kwama == === Noun === shin spear war === References === Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016), Gwama – English Dictionary‎[2], SIL International == Louisiana Creole == === Alternative forms === shyin === Etymology === Inherited from French chien (“dog”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɛ̃/ Rhymes: -ɛ̃ === Noun === shin (a) dog == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish sinni. === Pronoun === shin (emphatic shinyn) (personal pronoun) we, us == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronoun === shin (colloquial) lenited form of sin == Uzbek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic شِين (šīn). === Noun === shin (plural shinlar) the Arabic letter ش ==== Declension ====