Rin
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rin"
Aromanian edit
Proper noun edit
Rin f (definite articulation Rina)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German Rīn, probably via French Rhin.
Proper noun edit
Rin m
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Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Rin
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Celtic. Utimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Rīn m or f
- the Rhine
Usage notes edit
- Attested twice showing masculine gender, once showing feminine gender. This agrees variously with German Rhein, which is masculine, and Icelandic Rín, which is feminine.
- As with all river names, Rīn is used without a definite article: be ēastan Rīne = "to the east of the Rhine."
Declension edit
- masculine
Declension of Rin (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Rīn | — |
accusative | Rīn | — |
genitive | Rīnes | — |
dative | Rīne | — |
- feminine
Declension of Rin (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Rīn | — |
accusative | Rīne | — |
genitive | Rīne | — |
dative | Rīne | — |
Descendants edit
- English: Rhine
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Rīn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Rin m
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Further reading edit
- “Rin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014