linn

See also: Linn

English

Noun

linn (plural linns)

1. Alternative spelling of 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?

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Estonian

Etymology

From . Compare Finnish linna.

Noun

linn (genitive linna, partitive linna)

1. city

Declension

Declension of linn (type õrn)

	singular	plural
nominative	linn	linnad
genitive	linna	linnade
partitive	linna	linnu / linnasid
illative	linna / linnasse	linnadesse
inessive	linnas	linnades
elative	linnast	linnadest
allative	linnale	linnadele
adessive	linnal	linnadel
ablative	linnalt	linnadelt
translative	linnaks	linnadeks
terminative	linnani	linnadeni
essive	linnana	linnadena
abessive	linnata	linnadeta
comitative	linnaga	linnadega

Compounds

• pealinn

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish linn (“pool, lake; sea, ocean”), lind, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiːn̠ʲ/, /l̠ʲɪn̠ʲ/

Noun

linn f (genitive singular linne, nominative plural linnte)

1. pool, pond; body of water, lake, sea

Declension

Declension of linn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative linn linnte Vocative a linn a linnte Genitive linne linnte Dative linn linnte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an linn na linnte Genitive na linne na linnte Dative leis an linn don linn leis na linnte

Derived terms

• linn chalaidh (“harbour creek”)
• linn éisc (“fish-pond”)
• linn lachan (“duck-pond”)
• linn mhuilinn (“mill-pond”)
• linn trá (“sandy creek”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish linn (“period, space of time”).

Noun

linn f (genitive singular linne)

1. space of time, period

Declension

Declension of linn

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative linn Vocative a linn Genitive linne Dative linn

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an linn Genitive na linne Dative leis an linn don linn

Derived terms

• le linn (“because of”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲɪn̠ʲ/

Pronoun

linn (emphatic linne)

1. first-person plural of le: with us, to us

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “linn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Norse *linnr, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Related to linnorm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnː/

Adjective

linn (masculine and feminine lin, neuter lint, definite singular and plural linne, comparative linnare, indefinite superlative linnast, definite superlative linnaste)

1. weak

Synonyms

• svak

Further reading

• “linn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish linn (“period, space of time”).

Noun

linn m or f (genitive singular linn or linne, plural linntean)

1. era, age
2. century

   san 20mh linn ― in the 20th century

3. generation (genealogy)

   bho linn gu linn ― from generation to generation

Synonyms

• (generation): ginealach, glùn

Derived terms

• Linn Ùr na Cloiche (“New Stone Age”)
• Na Linntean Dorcha (“Dark Ages”)
• Na Linntean Meadhanach (“Middle Ages”)
• ri linn (“during; because of; with regard to”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “linn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language