lin
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editlin
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
- 1684, Meriton, Praise Ale, 1.46 (quoted in the EDD):
- Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.
- 1822, The Three Perils of Man, James Hogg, I. 238:
- He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlin (plural lins)
- Alternative spelling of linn
- a roaring lin
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 9 p. 134:
- And therefore, to recount her Rivers, from their Lins (marginal gloss) Meeres or Pooles, from whence Rivers spring
- c. 1735-1801, John Millar, poem, published in 1979, William Christian Lehmann, John Millar of Glasgow, 1735-1801, page 414:
- Here the hammer's active din / Blends with sound of roaring lin.
- 1776, David Herd, George Paton, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc, page 20, "Binnorie":
- Whan they came to the roaring lin, She drave unwitting Isabel in.
- 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?
- 1827, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 51:
- A step farther might be on the firm earth; but more probably it would be illusive, and dash him into the roaring Lin, where he would be ingulfed at once in its furious whirlpool.
- 1861, Alexander McLachlan, The Emigrant: And Other Poems, page 201:
- O ye were ne ' er the ane to fret,
- But kept my heart aboon,
- Wi ' smiles sweet as when first we met,
- By Locher ' s roaring lin.
Etymology 3
editFrom Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlin (plural lins)
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)
- a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel
- 1775, John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, page 16:
- […] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […]
1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]
- 1864, Poems, Preston, section 8:
- A yerd a gooid lin check.
- 1866, Gilpin, Songs, 233:
- Paddeys wi' their feyne lin' ware.
- 1874 (ed. of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, 27:
- Hoo wur stonnin' i' th' front of a weshin'-mug, wi' a lin brat afore her.
References
edit- “lin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editChinese
editEtymology
editRomanisation of 𢆡 (nin1).
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lin1
- Yale: līn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lin1
- Guangdong Romanization: lin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
editlin
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Nonstandard form of 𢆡 (“nipple”). (Classifier: 粒 c)
Cornish
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlin m (singulative linen)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editlin m (plural linyow)
Etymology 3
editFrom Proto-Celtic *lī-no-.
Noun
editlin m (plural linyow)
Etymology 4
editNoun
editlin
- Soft mutation of glin.
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editlin
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French, from Latin līnum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlin m (plural lins)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editFriulian
editEtymology
editNoun
editlin m
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editGalician
editVerb
editlin
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlin
- line
- Synonym: garis
- band
- Synonym: pita
- a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).
Further reading
edit- “lin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Linngithigh
editVerb
editlin
Mandarin
editRomanization
editlin
- Nonstandard spelling of līn.
- Nonstandard spelling of lín.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
- Nonstandard spelling of lìn.
Usage notes
edit- 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.
Middle English
editNoun
editlin (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lyne
References
edit- “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.
Noun
editlin n (definite singular linet)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.
Noun
editlin n (definite singular linet)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlin n
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- English: lin
Old French
editEtymology
editNoun
editlin oblique singular, m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)
- line (lineage; descent)
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *linъ, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian линь (linʹ).
Noun
editlin m animal
Declension
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editlin f
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editRomanian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.
Adjective
editlin m or n (feminine singular lină, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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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 |
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editSee also
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Bulgarian лин (lin), from Proto-Slavic *linъ.
Noun
editlin m (plural lini)
Declension
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną. Cognate with English linen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlin n
- flax (plant)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | lin | lins |
definite | linet | linets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Related terms
editSee also
editVenetan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin līnum. Compare Italian lino.
Noun
editlin m (plural lini)
Welsh
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlin
- Soft mutation of glin.
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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glin | lin | nglin | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Noun
editlin
- Soft mutation of llin.
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