Contionary:thing

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Niemish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /θʲiŋk/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cf. a similar semantic shift in other Balkan languages, e.g. Greek κουβέντα, Romanian cuvânt, Macedonian збор.

Noun

thíng n.n. hard stem

  1. word
  2. facility of speech
    Synonym: wórd
  3. thing to be discussed

Declension

declension of thíng (nh declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thíng thíngat thíng thínga
genitive thíngs thínges thínge thíngse
dative thíng thíngum thíngą thíngę

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk thing, þing, from Old Skundavisk þing, from Halmisk ᚦᛁᛝᚷ (þing), ᚦᛁᛝᚷᛖ (þinge), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Pronunciation

Noun

thing n. (class 3c, genitive things, plural thinge)

  1. thing
    Thette thinge sind hard te forstån.
    Those things are hard to understand.

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