čin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čin, from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪn]

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• Hyphenation: čin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

čin m inan

1. action, act, deed

   muž činu ― man of action

2. feat

Declension

Declension of čin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	čin	činy
genitive	činu	činů
dative	činu	činům
accusative	čin	činy
vocative	čine	činy
locative	činu	činech
instrumental	činem	činy

Derived terms

• ideozločin m
• počin m
• přečin
• trestný čin
• zločin

Further reading

• “čin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “čin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “čin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃin/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃin/

Noun

čin m inan

1. action, act, deed
2. feat

Declension

Declension of čin (u-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	čin	činy	činové, čini
genitive	činu	činú	činóv
dative	činovi, činu	činoma	činóm
accusative	čin	činy	činy
vocative	čine	činy	činové, čini
locative	činu	činú	činiech
instrumental	činem	činoma	činy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: čin

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “čin”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃîːn/

Noun

čȋn m (Cyrillic spelling чи̑н)

1. action, act, deed
2. (theater) act
3. (military) rank

Declension

Declension of čin

	singular	plural
nominative	čȋn	čȉnovi
genitive	čina	činova
dative	činu	činovima
accusative	čin	činove
vocative	čine	činovi
locative	činu	činovima
instrumental	činom	činovima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃin]

Noun

čin m inan

1. action, act, deed

Declension

Declension of čin
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	čin	činy
genitive	činu	činov
dative	činu	činom
accusative	čin	činy
locative	čine	činoch
instrumental	činom	činmi

Derived terms

• činný

Further reading

• “čin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025