lin

lin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lingala.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /lɪn/

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• Homophone: Lynn
• Rhymes: -ɪn

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)

1. (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, The Three Perils of Man, James Hogg, I. 238:

     He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.

• blin

See English linn.

• IPA^(key): /lɪn/

lin (plural lins)

1. Alternative spelling of linn

   a roaring lin

   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 9 p. 134:

     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.

From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.

• IPA^(key): /lɪn/, /laɪn/

lin (plural lins)

1. (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, Poems, Preston, section 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.

• “lin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• -nil-, NIL, nil

Romanisation of 𢆡 (nin¹).

lin

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Nonstandard form of 𢆡 (“nipple”).

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of līn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Latin linum

lin m (singulative linen)

1. linen, flax

From Latin linea

lin m (plural linyow)

1. line

From Proto-Celtic *lī-no-.

lin m (plural linyow)

1. fluid, liquid
2. lotion

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

• IPA^(key): /lin/

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lin

1. accusative of li; him

Inherited from Old French, from Latin līnum.

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

lin m (plural lins)

1. linen
2. flax (the plant)

• ligne
• linge

• “lin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Nil

From Latin līnum.

lin m

1. linen
2. flax

• linie

lin

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of ler

From Dutch lijn.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪn]
• Hyphenation: lin

lin

1. line

   Synonym: garis

2. band

   Synonym: pita

3. a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).

   Synonyms: jalur, rute

• “lin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of līn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

lin (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lyne

• “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

• linolje
• lintøy

• “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

• linolje
• lintøy

• “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin linea (“a line”).

lin oblique singular, m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)

1. line (lineage; descent)

• IPA^(key): /lin/

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: lin

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *linъ, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian линь (linʹ).

lin m animal

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lin f

1. genitive plural of lina

• lin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /lin/
• Rhymes: -in

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.

lin m or n (feminine singular lină, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)

1. even, smooth

   Synonym: neted

2. calm, quiet

   Synonyms: calm, liniștit

3. mild, gentle, sweet

   Synonym: blând

• liniște

• senin

Borrowed from Bulgarian лин (lin), from Proto-Slavic *linъ.

lin m (plural lini)

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną. Cognate with English linen.

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

lin n

1. flax (plant)

• linberedning
• linblomma
• linfält
• linolja
• lintråd
• linne

• lina

From Latin līnum. Compare Italian lino.

lin m (plural lini)

1. flax
2. linen (fibre)

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

lin

1. Soft mutation of llin.