See also: INN, Inn, -inn, and inn-

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging); akin to Icelandic inni (a dwelling place, home, abode), Faroese inni (home).

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inn (plural inns)

  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lodging place
  2. A tavern.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub
  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
    the Inns of Court    the Inns of Chancery    Serjeants’ Inns
  4. (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
    Leicester Inn
  5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

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inn (third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To house; to lodge.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.
    • 1714 March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Friday, March 5. [1714.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; [], volume IV, London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], published 1721, →OCLC:
      But where do you intend to inn to-night?

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Alternative forms edit

  • in (preposition)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German in, from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with German in, English in. The sense “east” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago dentro a Axiago (I go east to Asiago, literally I go inward to Asiago).

Preposition edit

inn

  1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) in

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Adverb edit

inn

  1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) inside
    Synonym: indar
  2. (Sette Comuni) east
    Ich ghéa inn ka Sléeghe.
    I'm going east to Asiago.

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References edit

  • “inn” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German edit

Preposition edit

inn

  1. Obsolete spelling of in

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Romanization edit

inn

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽

Icelandic edit

Adverb edit

inn

  1. in, inside
    Hvenær komumst við inn?
    When can we get inside?

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Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

Contraction of finn, from French finir (finish).

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inn (medial form inn)

  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense.

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inn

  1. Alternative form of in (inn)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse inn (in, into), from Proto-Germanic *inn (in, into), from *in (in, into), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in).

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inn

  1. inside, in (indicating movement into)
    La oss gå inn.Let's go inside.
  2. in, into
    Hun gikk inn i huset.She went into the house.

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse inn.

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inn

  1. inside, in (indicating movement into)
    Lat oss gå inn.Let's go inside.
  2. in, into
    Ho gjekk inn i huset.She went into the house.

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Old English edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *inn.

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inn

  1. in (with allative direction)
  2. inside (with allative direction)
    Hit ongann riġnan, þȳ iċ ēode inn.
    It started raining, so I went inside.
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Etymology 2 edit

Probably from inne (in, inside).

Noun edit

inn n

  1. inn
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Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *inn (in, into).

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inn (comparative innarr, superlative innstr)

  1. in, into
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Descendants edit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inn

References edit

  • inn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *jainaz (that over there, yon). Cognate with Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

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inn (feminine in, neuter it)

  1. the (definite article)
Usage notes edit

The article is often used enclitically, at the end of the noun. This later developed into the definite forms of the noun.

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References edit

  • inn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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inn m

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Skolt Sami edit

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Noun edit

inn

  1. night

Inflection edit

Even â-stem, nˈn-nn gradation
Nominative inn
Genitive iinn
Singular Plural
Nominative inn iinn
Accusative iinn iinnid
Genitive iinn iinni
Illative iʹnne iinnid
Locative iinnâst iinnin
Comitative iinnin iinnivuiʹm
Abessive iinntää iinnitää
Essive innân
Partitive innâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Tedim Chin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (house, womb).

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inn

  1. house

References edit

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip