Ginnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ɡɪn/

名詞

ginn (plural ginns)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn.
   • 1892, E. Cobham Brewer, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1‎:

     AZA'ZEL, one of the ginn or jinn, all of whom were made of "smokeless fire," that is, the fire of the Simoom.

   • 1886, Andrew Lang, In the Wrong Paradise‎:

     There also were the "maids of modest glances," previously indifferent to the wooing "of man or ginn."

   • 1919, Sax Rohmer (1883-1959), The Quest of the Sacred Slipper‎:

     I accordingly assumed Hassan to be a myth--a first cousin to the ginn.

語源 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

発音

• IPA: /ɡɪn/

動詞

ginn

1. Nonstandard form of given.
   • 1869, Charles Reade (1814-1884), Dion Boucicault (1820-1890), Foul Play‎:

     You ginn it us hot--you did.

   • 1912, Lawrence J. Burpee, Humour of the North‎:

     Well, the doctor axed me to vote for his son, and I just up and told him I would, only my relation was candidating also; but ginn him my hand and promise I would be neuter.

アナグラム

• Gnin, Ning

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *ginn(ī), from Proto-Germanic *ginn(ij)az, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse ginn- (“great-”).

発音

• IPA: /jinn/, [jin]

形容詞

ġinn

1. wide, spacious, vast
2. ample

語形変化

派生語

• ġinnfæst
• ġinnwīsed
• unġinn