ilin

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun ili + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilin/

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• Rhymes: -ilin
• Syllabification: i‧lin

Pronoun

ilin

1. accusative of ili

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi3	ilin iŝin3	ilia iŝia3
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ The second-person familiar pronouns are rare.

² The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

³ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

Gagauz

Cyrillic		илин

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یكول (yeŋül), یینی (yeyni) per metathesis, from Proto-Turkic *yeŋil. Cognate with Turkish yeğni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(j)iˈlin/
• Hyphenation: i‧lin

Adjective

ilin (comparative taa ilin, superlative en ilin)

1. light (by weight)

   Synonym: kolay

   Antonym: aar

2. easy

   Synonym: kolay

   taa ilin bir devä iinenin kulaandan geçsin, nekadar bir zengin adam Allahın Padişahlıına girsin

   it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

Derived terms

• ilin fikirli
• ilin gecä
• ilin güüdeli
• ilin yol
• ilincä
• ilinkafalı
• ilinnemää
• ilinnenmää
• ilinnetmää
• ilinnik

Further reading

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “ilin”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 64
• Çebotar, Petri; Dron, Ion (2002), “ilin”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 322
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “ilin”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 85
• Baboglu, N. İ.; Baboglu, İ. İ. (1993), “илин”, in Gagauzça-Rusça hem Rusça Gagauzça Şkola Sözlüü [Gagauz-Russian and Russian-Gagauz School Dictionary], Chișinău: Vivat, →ISBN, page 37
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “илин”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 202

Icelandic

Noun

ilin

1. definite nominative singular of il