beina

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vagina. Compare Spanish vaina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beina f (plural beines)

  1. sheath, scabbard
  2. (botany) pod

Further reading

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Faroese

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Verb

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beina (third person singular past indicative beindi, third person plural past indicative beint, supine beint)

  1. to straighten, to tidy up

Conjugation

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Conjugation of beina (group v-1)
infinitive beina
supine beint
participle (a7)1 beinandi beindur
present past
first singular beini beindi
second singular beinir beindi
third singular beinir beindi
plural beina beindu
imperative
singular bein!
plural beinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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beina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beindi, supine beint)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to aim, to direct, to point

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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beina n

  1. definite plural of bein

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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beina n

  1. definite plural of bein

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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beina f

  1. definite singular of beine

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From beinn (straight, friendly, hospitable), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Verb

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beina (singular past indicative beindi, plural past indicative beindu, past participle beindr)

  1. to stretch out, put into motion
  2. to further, promote

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: beina

References

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  • beina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press