sinis

See also: Sinis, sínis, Sínis, and šinīs

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinis/, [ˈs̠inis̠]
• Rhymes: -inis
• Syllabification^(key): si‧nis

Conjunction

sinis (obsolete, poetic)

1. Alternative form of sinnes
   • early 1900s, “Thermopylain laulu”, Uuno Kailas (lyrics), Heikki Klemetti (music):

     Sinis, veljeni, kun minä kuolen,
     minä heilutan tapparaa,
     sinis lennätän viuhuvan nuolen,
     sinis miekkani leimahtaa.

     Until, my brother, I am dead,
     I shall swing my battle-axe,
     until then I shall let my arrows fly,
     until then my sword shall flame.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch cynisch (compare Afrikaans sinies), from German zynisch, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsinɪs]
• Hyphenation: si‧nis
• Rhymes: -nis, -is, -s

Adjective

sinis

1. cynical

Derived terms

• kesinisan
• tersinis

 

Related terms

• sinisme

 

Further reading

• “sinis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

From the terminative of se (“it”). Akin to Finnish sinnes.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsinis/, [ˈs̠iniz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsinis/, [ˈʃiniʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -inis
• Hyphenation: si‧nis

Adverb

sinis

1. until then

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 527

Latin

Verb

sinis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of sinō

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲinʲisʲ]

Verb

sinis

1. third-person singular future absolute of snigid