lina

See also: Lina, liną, lína, líná, liña, and Līna

Latin

Noun

līna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of līnum

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) linā

Etymology

From East Baltic, just as Estonian lina. Compare Lithuanian linas and Latvian lini.

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *lino-, although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Noun

lina

1. flax

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

liná

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lina f

1. definite singular of line

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Old High German

Etymology

From the Old High German noun līn.

Noun

līna f

1. a line, a yarn (originally made of flax)

Descendants

• German: Leine
• Central Franconian: Leng, Lein

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Polish

Lina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: li‧na

Etymology 1

From Middle High German līne, from Old High German līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“rope, string”).

Noun

lina f (diminutive linka)

1. line, rope, cord, string

Declension

Declension of lina

	singular	plural
nominative	lina	liny
genitive	liny	lin
dative	linie	linom
accusative	linę	liny
instrumental	liną	linami
locative	linie	linach
vocative	lino	liny

Derived terms

• linowy

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lina m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of lin

Further reading

• lina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Proto-Norse

Romanization

līna

1. Romanization of ᛚᛁᚾᚨ

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Swahili

Verb

lina

1. ji-ma class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lína, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

lina c

1. a wire, a rope, a line

Declension

Declension of lina
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lina	linan	linor	linorna
Genitive	linas	linans	linors	linornas

Further reading

• lina in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• lian