Noun: pinna
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | pinna |
| Plural | pinnae |
Genitive
| Singular | pinnae |
| Plural | pinnārum |
Dative
| Singular | pinnae |
| Plural | pinnīs |
Accusative
| Singular | pinnam |
| Plural | pinnās |
Ablative
| Singular | pinnā |
| Plural | pinnīs |
Vocative
| Singular | pinna |
| Plural | pinnae |
Sample Sentences
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ad pinnās bibere (to drink in large quantities or competitively)
Nouns inflected like pinna
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons:
2. * In the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), English fin.
3. * In other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). See: English Nouns '
fin'.
Verbs referencing "pinna"
English Nouns
pin, English Nouns
pinnacle, English Nouns
pinna, French Nouns
penne, French Nouns
panne, Romanian Nouns
pană, Italian Nouns
pennacchio, Portuguese Nouns
penha, Portuguese Nouns
pináculo, Spanish Nouns
pináculo, Catalan Nouns
penya, French Nouns
pinnipède.
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