rin

See also: Rin, Rín, -rin, rin-, and řiň

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪn/

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Etymology 1

From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.

Verb

rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinning, simple past ran, past participle run)

1. (transitive, intransitive, dialectal) To run.
   • 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, volume 1, John Macrone, page 314:

     "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it. […] ."

   • a. 1846, John Imlah, “Where Gadie rins”, in James Grant Wilson, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, Volume II, Harper & Brothers, published 1876, page 211:

     O! gin I were where Gadie^{[the name of a rivulet]} rins,

   • 1879, I. T. Tregellas [John Tabois Tregellas], Peeps Into the Haunts and Homes of the Rural Population of Cornwall, Netherton & Worth (Truro), Houlston & Sons (London), page 3,

     I had a servant who had lived all his life-time within four miles of Plymouth, who told me of a circumstance which occurred to his mother, thus:— "Mawther ben out gatherin' nits, and when she kimbed hum she went to shet the shetters , and then she seed a man rin out of the dewr weth three spewns weth un, what he had stould, and away he rinned, and my mawther rinned arter un. 'Twas as fine a mewnlight night as cud be seed tew (too); an she cud see un stright on afore her; and hallowed tew she ded as lang as ever her wind beered up, and rinned and rinned; at laest she rinned un out of sight, and never goat the spewns she dedn't"

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).

Noun

rin (plural rin)

1. A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.

Anagrams

• INR, N. Ir., NIR, NRI, Nri, RNI

Arigidi

Pronoun

rin

1. you, second person singular pronoun, as object

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

rin

1. accusative of ri

German

Adverb

rin

1. (regional, colloquial) Alternative form of rein (“inside”)

   Rin in die gute Stube! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Olten, Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN, page 170:

     Ja, nu man rin, immer man rin, Kinderchen, das kleene Frauchen auch, ist woll bedudelt, hat recht, goldrecht hat die.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “rin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Romanization

rin

1. Rōmaji transcription of りん
2. Rōmaji transcription of リン

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian rein. Cognates include West Frisian rein.

Noun

rin m

1. (Mooring and Föhr-Amrum dialects) rain

   en smitjenen rin

   heavy rain

   Det liket efter rin.

   It looks like rain.

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪn/

Verb

rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinnin, simple past run, past participle run)

1. to run
   • 1788, Robert Burns (lyrics and music), “Auld Lang Syne”:

     We twa hae run about the braes, / and pou'd the gowans fine;

     We two have run about the braes, / and picked the daisies fine;

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rim

Noun

rin m (plural rines)

1. rim (of wheel)

Further reading

• “rin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

rin

1. Romanization of 𒆸 (rin)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾin/, [ˈɾin]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾen/, [ˈɾɛn] (colloquial)

Adverb

rin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of din

Usage notes

• When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, din is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made.

Welsh

Noun

rin

1. Soft mutation of rhin.

Mutation

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

West Frisian

Verb

rin

1. run
2. walk

Yola

Verb

rin

1. Alternative form of rhin
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     F. rin, risheen.

     E. run, rushing.

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 14

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *rɪ̃̀

Alternative forms

• rẹ̀n (Oǹdó, Ìjẹ̀bú)
• rị̀n (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾĩ̀/

Verb

rìn

1. to walk
   1. (with bá) to associate with

      Ọmọlúwàbí ní ń bá ọmọlúwàbí rìn ― Good people associate with good people

   2. to move; to locomote

      Ọ̀kadà jẹ́ ọkọ̀ kan tó ń fẹsẹ̀ méjì rìn ― An okada is a vehicle that goes on two wheels

Usage notes

• rin when followed by a direct object

Derived terms

• arìnrìn àjò (“traveller”)
• arìnrìn àjò afẹ́ (“tourist”)
• rìnrìn àjò (“to voyage”)
• ìrìn (“walk; stroll; trip”)
• ìrìn rírìn (“walking”)
• ìrìn àjò (“journey”)
• ìrìn àjò afẹ́ (“tourism”)

 

proverbs

• ká rìn ká pọ̀, yíyẹ ní ń yẹni
• àgùntàn tó bá bá ajá rìn, á jẹ̀gbẹ́
• àkèekèé rìn tapótapó
• ìjàkùmọ̀ kì í rin ọ̀sán; ẹni a bí ire kì í rin òru

 

Etymology 2

Kárọ́ọ̀tì tí à ń rin

Alternative forms

• rẹn (Oǹdó, Ìjẹ̀bú)
• rịn (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾĩ̄/

Verb

rin

1. to grate

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾĩ̄/

Verb

rin

1. (ergative) to be moist; to moisten; to dampen

   Amọ̀ yìí ò rin rárá ― This clay isn't moist at all

Derived terms

• bomi rin (“to irrigate”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾĩ̀/

Verb

rìn

1. to tickle

   Ó rìn mí lábíyá ― He tickled my armpit

2. to press down

   Ẹrù ń rìn ín mọ́lẹ̀ ― Load weighs it down

Usage notes

rin when followed by a direct object.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾĩ́/

Verb

rín

1. to smile
2. to laugh

Usage notes

typically used with ẹ̀rín (“smile; laugh”)

Derived terms

• ẹ̀rín (“smile; laugh”)
• rẹ́rìn-ín (“to smile; to laugh”)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *triːlᴬ (“stone”); Cognate with Thai หิน (hǐn), Lao ຫີນ (hīn), Lü ᦠᦲᧃ (ḣiin), Shan ႁိၼ် (hǐn), Tai Nüa ᥞᥤᥢᥴ (hín), Ahom 𑜍𑜢𑜃𑜫 (rin), Saek หรี่น.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣin˨˦/
• Tone numbers: rin¹
• Hyphenation: rin

Noun

rin (Sawndip forms 𬒞 or 𰧄 or 𮀡 or 砛 or 𮀙 or ⿰石土 or ⿱石心 or 碒 or 磊 or ⿰石忍 or 𡊵 or ⿵门石 or 磌 or 鿬 or 䂩 or ⿱火䡛 or 䂝 or 𮀝 or 磷 or 碄 or 斫, 1957–1982 spelling rin)

1. stone; rock