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, 1876, James Grant Wilson (editor), The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, Volume II, Harper & Brothers, 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

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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)

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

rin

1. accusative of ri

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Japanese

Romanization

rin

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

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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.

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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, Burns, Robert, “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;

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Spanish

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

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Sumerian

Romanization

rin

1. Romanization of 𒆸 (rin)

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• din

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

rin

1. too; also

   Synonyms: saka, man

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.

Related terms

• man
• naman

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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.

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West Frisian

Verb

rin

1. run
2. walk

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /²rinː/, /²reɪ̯nː/

Verb

rin

1. Alternative spelling of rinn

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /riːn/

Verb

rin

1. Contraction of ri n (“he rides”).

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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

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• rẹ̀n (Oǹdó, Ìjẹ̀bú)

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

 

proverbs

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

 

Etymology 2

Kárọ́ọ̀tì tí à ń rin

Alternative forms

• rẹn (Oǹdó, Ìjẹ̀bú)

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”)

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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