lin
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
lin
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
- 1684, Meriton, Praise Ale, 1.46 (quoted in the EDD):
- Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.
- 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, I. 238:
- He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin (plural lins)
- Alternative spelling of linn
- a roaring lin
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 9 p. 134[1]:
- And therefore, to recount her Rivers, from their Lins (marginal gloss) Meeres or Pooles, from whence Rivers spring
- c. 1735-1801, John Millar, poem, published in 1979, William Christian Lehmann, John Millar of Glasgow, 1735-1801, page 414:
- Here the hammer's active din / Blends with sound of roaring lin.
- 1776, David Herd, George Paton, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc, page 20, "Binnorie":
- Whan they came to the roaring lin, She drave unwitting Isabel in.
- 1814, J. H. Craig [pseudonym; James Hogg], The Hunting of Badlewe: A Dramatic Tale, London: H[enry] Colburn; Edinburgh: G. Goldie, →OCLC, page 1; quoted in “The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale. 8vo. Edin. 1814. [From the Scottish Review.]”, in The Analectic Magazine, Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, together with Original Miscellaneous Compositions, volume V (New Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: Published and sold by Moses Thomas, […], May 1815, →OCLC, pages 353–354:
- What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?
- 1827, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 51:
- A step farther might be on the firm earth; but more probably it would be illusive, and dash him into the roaring Lin, where he would be ingulfed at once in its furious whirlpool.
- 1861, Alexander McLachlan, The Emigrant: And Other Poems, page 201:
- O ye were ne ' er the ane to fret,
- But kept my heart aboon,
- Wi ' smiles sweet as when first we met,
- By Locher ' s roaring lin.
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin (plural lins)
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)
- a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel
- 1775, John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, page 16:
- […] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […]
- 1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]
- 1864, Preston, Poems, 8:
- A yerd a gooid lin check.
- 1866, Gilpin, Songs, 233:
- Paddeys wi' their feyne lin' ware.
- 1874 (ed. of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, 27:
- Hoo wur stonnin' i' th' front of a weshin'-mug, wi' a lin brat afore her.
ReferencesEdit
- lin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
AnagramsEdit
CornishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
lin f (singulative linen)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
lin
- Soft mutation of glin.
EsperantoEdit
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lin
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin m (plural lins)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “lin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lin m
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GalicianEdit
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lin
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin
- line
- Synonym: garis
- band
- Synonym: pita
- a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).
- Synonym: jalur
Further readingEdit
- “lin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
lin
- Nonstandard spelling of līn.
- Nonstandard spelling of lín.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
- Nonstandard spelling of lìn.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
lin (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lyne
ReferencesEdit
- “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.
NounEdit
lin n (definite singular linet)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.
NounEdit
lin n (definite singular linet)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lin m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)
- line (lineage; descent)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *linъ, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian линь (linʹ).
NounEdit
lin m anim
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
lin f
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.
AdjectiveEdit
lin m or n (feminine singular lină, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)
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Etymology 2Edit
From Bulgarian лин (lin), from Proto-Slavic *linъ.
NounEdit
lin m (plural lini)
DeclensionEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną. Cognate with English linen.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin n
- flax (plant)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of lin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | lin | linet | — | — |
| Genitive | lins | linets | — | — |
Related termsEdit
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VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin līnum. Compare Italian lino.
NounEdit
lin m (plural lini)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lin
- Soft mutation of glin.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glin | lin | nglin | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
NounEdit
lin
- Soft mutation of llin.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llin | lin | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||