Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of kín – see (“quick; rapid; quickly”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From a Turkic language. Compare Chuvash хӗн (hĕn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːn]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun edit

kín (plural kínok)

  1. (literary) (intensive) pain, suffering
    Synonyms: fájdalom, gyötrelem, szenvedés, kínszenvedés

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kín kínok
accusative kínt kínokat
dative kínnak kínoknak
instrumental kínnal kínokkal
causal-final kínért kínokért
translative kínná kínokká
terminative kínig kínokig
essive-formal kínként kínokként
essive-modal
inessive kínban kínokban
superessive kínon kínokon
adessive kínnál kínoknál
illative kínba kínokba
sublative kínra kínokra
allative kínhoz kínokhoz
elative kínból kínokból
delative kínról kínokról
ablative kíntól kínoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kíné kínoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kínéi kínokéi
Possessive forms of kín
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kínom kínjaim
2nd person sing. kínod kínjaid
3rd person sing. kínja kínjai
1st person plural kínunk kínjaink
2nd person plural kínotok kínjaitok
3rd person plural kínjuk kínjaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Descendants edit

  • Romanian: chin

Further reading edit

  • kín in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: khẩn). Compare Shan ၵိၼ်း (kín, narrow, constricted).

For some examples of ‹i› in vernacular loans versus ‹â› in standard Sino-Vietnamese, see also phím, kịp, tim, nhịn.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kín (, 𡫨)

  1. closed; covered; sealed; enclosed
  2. secret; private

Derived terms edit

Derived terms