vinnig
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfənəχ/
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Adjective
vinnig (attributive vinnige, comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigste)
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vinnich (“rotten”), from vinne (“pustule, blister”). The noun is cognate with Middle Low German vinne, German Finne. Further origin uncertain. Some consider it the same word as vin (“fin”, etymology 2 below), positing an original sense “pointed protrusion”, but this is speculative.
Adjective
vinnig (comparative vinniger, superlative vinnigst)
- unfriendly in a brusque way, mean, acrimonious
- Synonym: snibbig
- (southern) alert, agile
- (obsolete) sharp, severe, intense
Declension
| Declension of vinnig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vinnig | |||
| inflected | vinnige | |||
| comparative | vinniger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vinnig | vinniger | het vinnigst het vinnigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vinnige | vinnigere | vinnigste |
| n. sing. | vinnig | vinniger | vinnigste | |
| plural | vinnige | vinnigere | vinnigste | |
| definite | vinnige | vinnigere | vinnigste | |
| partitive | vinnigs | vinnigers | — | |
Etymology 2
From vin (“fin”) + -ig (“-y”).
Adjective
vinnig (not comparable)
- (rare) having fins
Declension
| Declension of vinnig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vinnig | |||
| inflected | vinnige | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | vinnig | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vinnige | ||
| n. sing. | vinnig | |||
| plural | vinnige | |||
| definite | vinnige | |||
| partitive | vinnigs | |||