akin

See also: akın, Akın, a-kin, and a kin

English

Alternative forms

• a kin, a-kin (obsolete)

Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +‎ kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈkɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edlin, […]; W[illiam] Mears, […]; J. Brotherton, […]; C. King, and J. Stags, […], published 1722, →OCLC:

     We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910 July, Zane Grey, “Old Well-Well”, in Success:

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

   • 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:

     I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.

Usage notes

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

Derived terms

• unakin

Related terms

• consanguine

Translations

of the same kin; related by blood

• Bulgarian: имащ кръвно родство (imašt krǎvno rodstvo)
• Czech: příbuzný (cs) m
• Dutch: verwant (nl)
• French: apparenté (fr) m
• German: verwandt (de)
• Italian: consanguineo (it) m
• Polish: spokrewniony (pl) m
• Portuguese: semelhante (pt) m or f
• Russian: ро́дственный (ru) (ródstvennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: srȍdan (sh)
• Slovak: pokrvný m
• Spanish: emparentado (es)
• Ukrainian: споріднений (uk) (sporidnenyj)

of the same kind; similar

• Bulgarian: сроден (bg) (sroden), близък (bg) (blizǎk)
• Catalan: semblant (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 与（……）相似

• Czech: podobný (cs) m, blízký (cs) m, srovnatelný m
• Dutch: gelijkaardig (nl), verwant (nl)
• Esperanto: simila, rilata
• French: analogue (fr) m
• German: ähnlich (de), analog (de)
• Italian: affine (it)
• Polish: pokrewny (pl) m, zbliżony (pl) m
• Portuguese: semelhante (pt) m or f
• Russian: сродни́ (ru) (srodní), подо́бный (ru) (podóbnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: srȍdan (sh)
• Slovak: podobný m, príbuzný m, taký ako ... m
• Spanish: semejante (es), similar (es)
• Ukrainian: подібний (podibnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} דומה‎, ^{(please verify)} קשור‎ (he) (compare קרבת דם)

Anagrams

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

Hungarian

Etymology

aki +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkin]
• Hyphenation: akin

Pronoun

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 'kin – contraction, used with sa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧kin
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakin/, [ˈʔa.xɪn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaken/, [ˈʔa.xɛn] (colloquial)

Determiner

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. my

Pronoun

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (possessive) mine
2. (oblique) (to) me

Derived terms

• akina
• aking-akin
• akinin
• mapasaakin
• sa ganang akin
• sumaakin

 

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual*	kita, kata	nita, nata, ta	kanita, kanata, ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita**
Second	singular	ikaw, ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo, kamo	ninyo, niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. ** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Yoruba

Etymology

From a- +‎ kin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.kĩ̄/

Noun

akin

1. bravery, valor, courage

   Synonyms: ògbójú, àyà

2. brave person; warrior

   Synonym: alákin

3. A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex. Akíndélé).

Derived terms

• Akin (“Yoruba name, and a shortening of many names with the prefix 'Akin'”)
• alákin (“a brave person”)