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gína

gína

See also: gina, Gina, and gín-á

Icelandic

Verb

gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

  1. to gape, open one's mouth wide
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Borrowing from Danish gine.

Noun

gína f (genitive singular gínu, nominative plural gínur)

  1. 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)

  1. to gape
  2. to (figuratively) stand before someone (or something) in a threatening or overwhelming way (used with prepositions við and yfir); to yawn

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