kusin

See also: kušin

Finnish

Noun

kusin

1. (deprecated template usage) instructive plural of kusi

Verb

kusin

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of kusta

Anagrams

• iskun, kisun, sukin, uksin

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Swedish

Etymology

From French cousin, from Latin consobrinus. Caused a semantic shift in the words syssling and brylling, formally meaning ”cousin” (on mother’s and father’s side, respectively), to their modern meanings second cousin and third cousin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɵˈsiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

kusin c

1. a cousin; a son or daughter of a person's aunt or uncle

Declension

Declension of kusin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kusin	kusinen	kusiner	kusinerna
Genitive	kusins	kusinens	kusiners	kusinernas

Derived terms

• halvkusin
• kusingifte

References

• kusin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “I släkten flödar den språkliga kreativiteten”, in Språkbruk‎^[1], Institute for the Languages of Finland, 2018

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian kusen (“dreadful, bad.”) Compare , .

Adjective

1. Drowsy, limp, crestfallen.