lin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lin"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪn/
• Homophone: Lynn
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist (from something), stop.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].

2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cease; leave off.

Derived terms

• blin

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn.

Alternative forms

• linn
• lyn

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
2. A waterfall, or cataract.

   a roaring lin

   • 1814, J. H. Craig [pseudonym; James Hogg], The Hunting of Badlewe: A Dramatic Tale, London: H[enry] Colburn; Edinburgh: G. Goldie, →OCLC, page 1; quoted in “The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale. 8vo. Edin. 1814. [From the Scottish Review.]”, in The Analectic Magazine, Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, together with Original Miscellaneous Compositions, volume V (New Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: Published and sold by Moses Thomas, […], May 1815, →OCLC, pages 353–354:

     What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?

3. A steep ravine.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

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Cornish

Etymology 1

Noun

lin f (singulative linen)

1. linen

Etymology 2

Noun

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

lin

1. accusative of li; him

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̃/

• audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Noun

lin m (plural lins)

1. linen
2. flax (the plant)

Related terms

• ligne
• linge

Further reading

• “lin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Nil

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin līnum.

Noun

lin m

1. linen
2. flax

Related terms

• linie

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Galician

Verb

lin

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

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Mandarin

Romanization

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of līn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Middle English

Noun

lin (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lyne

References

• “lin, (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lin oblique singular, m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)

1. line (lineage; descent)

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Polish

lin

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *linъ, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian линь (linʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

• Audio:

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Noun

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension

Declension of lin

	singular	plural
nominative	lin	liny
genitive	lina	linów
dative	linowi	linom
accusative	lina	liny
instrumental	linem	linami
locative	linie	linach
vocative	linie	liny

Noun

lin f

1. genitive plural of lina

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

Adjective

lin m or n (feminine singular lină, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)

1. even, smooth
2. calm, quiet
3. mild, gentle, sweet

Declension

Declension of lin

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lin		lină	lini	line
	definite	linul		lina	linii	linele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lin		line	lini	line
	definite	linului		linei	linelor	linilor

Synonyms

• (even, smooth): neted
• (calm, quiet): calm, liniștit
• (mild, gentle): blând

Derived terms

• liniște

See also

• senin

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Swedish

lin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

lin n

1. flax (plant)

Declension

Declension of lin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lin	linet	—	—
Genitive	lins	linets	—	—

Related terms

• linberedning
• linblomma
• linfält
• linolja
• lintråd
• linne

See also

• lina

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin līnum. Compare Italian lino

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. flax
2. linen (fibre)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

Noun 1

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glin	lin	nglin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun 2

lin

1. Soft mutation of llin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llin	lin	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.