lín

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech líň, from Proto-Slavic *linь. Further etymology uncertain, see линь (linʹ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lín m anim

  1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension[edit]

Declension of lín (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative lín líni
genitive lína línů
dative línovi, línu línům
accusative lína líny
vocative líne líni
locative línovi, línu línech
instrumental línem líny

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
noun

Further reading[edit]

  • lín in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lín in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • lín in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Noun[edit]

lín n (genitive singular líns, uncountable)

  1. (botany) flax
  2. linen, cloth, thread

Declension[edit]

Declension of lín (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lín línið
accusative lín línið
dative líni líninum
genitive líns línsins

Synonyms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lín n (genitive singular líns, no plural)

  1. flax
  2. linen

Declension[edit]

declension of lín
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lín línið
accusative lín línið
dative líni líninu
genitive líns línsins

Derived terms[edit]

Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

lín

  1. vocative/genitive singular of líon

Mandarin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • lin — nonstandard

Romanization[edit]

lín (lin2, Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 临
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亃
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啅
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壣
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶙
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惏
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斴
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晽
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暽
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 林
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淋
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滰
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潾
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀶
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燐／磷
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獜
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琳
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璘
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 甐
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疄
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痳
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞵
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矝
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碄
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磵／𰧃
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箖
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粦／磷
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粼
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綝／𬘭
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繗／𬙈
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罧
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翷
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臨／临
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轔／辚
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遴
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄰／邻
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏻／𬭸
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隣／邻
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霖
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驎／𬴊
  41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱗／鳞
  42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麐／麟
  43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔂

Min Nan[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of lín – see 恁 (“you (plural)”).
(This character, lín, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 恁.)

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [l͈ʲiːn]
  • (vocative/genitive singular) IPA(key): [l͈ʲiːnʲ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flood, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“flow”).[1]

Noun[edit]

lín n

  2. full number, complement (in numbers)
  3. (followed by the genitive of another noun or verbal noun) number sufficient to perform a particular deed, full complement
  4. great number, multitude
  5. as many as
  6. (law) party
Inflection[edit]
Neuter u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative línN línL línL, lína
Vocative línN línL lín
Accusative línN línL lín
Genitive línoH, línaH línoN, línaN línN
Dative línL línaib línaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

lín

  1. second-person singular imperative of línaid

·lín

  1. inflection of línaid:
    1. third-person singular preterite conjunctive
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunctive

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *līnom.

Noun[edit]

lín n

  2. linen, cloth, thread
  3. flax
  4. (fishing) net
  5. (hunting) net, snare
Inflection[edit]
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative línN línN línL, lína
Vocative línN línN línL, lína
Accusative línN línN línL, lína
Genitive línL lín línN
Dative línL línaib línaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lín
also llín after a proclitic 		lín
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-41
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