English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪn/
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (to run), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (to run). More at run.

Verb edit

rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinning, simple past ran, past participle run)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, dialectal) To run.
    • 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, volume 1, John Macrone, page 314:
      "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinningrinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it. [] ."
    • a. 1846, John Imlah, “Where Gadie rins”, in James Grant Wilson, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, Volume II, Harper & Brothers, published 1876, page 211:
      O! gin I were where Gadie[the name of a rivulet] rins,
    • 1879, I. T. Tregellas [John Tabois Tregellas], Peeps Into the Haunts and Homes of the Rural Population of Cornwall, Netherton & Worth (Truro), Houlston & Sons (London), page 3,
      I had a servant who had lived all his life-time within four miles of Plymouth, who told me of a circumstance which occurred to his mother, thus:— "Mawther ben out gatherin' nits, and when she kimbed hum she went to shet the shetters , and then she seed a man rin out of the dewr weth three spewns weth un, what he had stould, and away he rinned, and my mawther rinned arter un. 'Twas as fine a mewnlight night as cud be seed tew (too); an she cud see un stright on afore her; and hallowed tew she ded as lang as ever her wind beered up, and rinned and rinned; at laest she rinned un out of sight, and never goat the spewns she dedn't"

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Japanese (りん) (rin).

Noun edit

rin (plural rin)

  1. A coin worth 11000 of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.

Anagrams edit

Arigidi edit

Pronoun edit

rin

  1. you, second person singular pronoun, as object

References edit

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

rin

  1. accusative of ri

Galician edit

Verb edit

rin

  1. inflection of rir:
    1. third-person plural present indicative
    2. first-person singular preterite indicative

German edit

Adverb edit

rin

  1. (regional, colloquial) Alternative form of rein (inside)
    Rin in die gute Stube!(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading edit

  • rin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

rin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of リン

North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian rein. Cognates include West Frisian rein.

Noun edit

rin m

  1. (Mooring and Föhr-Amrum dialects) rain
    en smitjenen rin
    heavy rain
    Det liket efter rin.
    It looks like rain.

Scots edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinnin, simple past run, past participle run)

  1. to run
    • 1788, Robert Burns (lyrics and music), “Auld Lang Syne”:
      We twa hae run about the braes, / and pou'd the gowans fine;
      We two have run about the braes, / and picked the daisies fine;

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English rim

Noun edit

rin m (plural rines)

  1. rim (of wheel)

See also edit

Further reading edit

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

rin

  1. Romanization of 𒆸 (rin)

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾin/, [ˈɾin]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾen/, [ˈɾɛn] (colloquial)

Adverb edit

rin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of din

Usage notes edit

  • When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, din is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made.

Welsh edit

Noun edit

rin

  1. Soft mutation of rhin.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhin rin unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian edit

Verb edit

rin

  1. run
  2. walk

Yola edit

Verb edit

rin

  1. Alternative form of rhin
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      F. rin, risheen.
      E. run, rushing.

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 14

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *rɪ̃̀

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rìn

  1. to walk
    1. (with ) to associate with
      Ọmọlúwàbí ní ń ọmọlúwàbí rìnGood people associate with good people
    2. to move; to locomote
      Ọ̀kadà jẹ́ ọkọ̀ kan tó ń fẹsẹ̀ méjì rìnAn okada is a vehicle that goes on two wheels
Usage notes edit
  • rin when followed by a direct object
Derived terms edit
proverbs

Etymology 2 edit

 
Kárọ́ọ̀tì tí à ń rin

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rin

  1. to grate

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rin

  1. (ergative) to be moist; to moisten; to dampen
    Amọ̀ yìí ò rin ráráThis clay isn't moist at all
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rìn

  1. to tickle
    Ó rìn mí lábíyáHe tickled my armpit
  2. to press down
    Ẹrù ń rìn ín mọ́lẹ̀Load weighs it down
Usage notes edit

rin when followed by a direct object.

Etymology 5 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rín

  1. to smile
  2. to laugh
Usage notes edit

typically used with ẹ̀rín (smile; laugh)

Derived terms edit

Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *triːlᴬ (stone); Cognate with Thai หิน (hǐn), Lao ຫີນ (hīn), ᦠᦲᧃ (ḣiin), Shan ႁိၼ် (hǐn), Tai Nüa ᥞᥤᥢᥴ (hín), Ahom 𑜍𑜢𑜃𑜫 (rin), Saek หรี่น.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rin (Sawndip forms 𬒞 or 𰧄 or 𮀡 or or 𮀙 or ⿰石土 or ⿱石心 or or or ⿰石忍 or 𡊵 or ⿵门石 or or or or ⿱火䡛 or or 𮀝 or or or , 1957–1982 spelling rin)

  1. stone; rock