-ín
See also: Appendix:Variations of "in"
Asturian edit
Suffix edit
-ín
- A suffix to form the diminutives of nouns.
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Suffix edit
-ín
- forms the first-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-ín (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iña, masculine plural -íns, feminine plural -iñas)
- (northeastern Galician) Alternative form of -iño (diminutive suffix)
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
The suffix -ín replaced the Old Irish suffixes -án, -én, and others probably under the influence of forms like Áugustín from Latin Augustīnus.[1]
Suffix edit
-ín m
- Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun.
Etymology 2 edit
From English -ine, from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos).
Suffix edit
-ín m
Usage notes edit
All nouns ending in a broad consonant change to a slender consonant before taking -ín, except words with stems ending in -ach
Declension edit
Declension of -ín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 174
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “-ín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Spanish edit
Suffix edit
-ín (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ina, masculine plural -ines, feminine plural -inas)
-ín m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ines)
- (Northern Spain, especially Asturias) forms the diminutives of nouns, often one already with a diminutive suffix
Usage notes edit
- This suffix is most commonly used in Spain, particularly in Asturias. It can be used for nouns (cafetín) or adjectives (pequeñín).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-ín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014