glin

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡliːn/

Noun

glin m (plural glinoù, dual daoulin)

  1. (anatomy) knee

Mutation

Mutation of glin
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular glin c'hlin unchanged klin
plural glinoù c'hlinoù unchanged klinoù

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡliːn]

Noun

glin m (dual dewlin, plural glinyow)

  1. knee

Mutation

Mutation of glin
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
glin lin unchanged klin unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Chemical element
Al
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: glin

Etymology 1

Back-formation from glinek.[1]

Noun

glin m inan (related adjective glinowy)

  1. aluminum
    Synonym: aluminium
Declension
nouns
  • glinianin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glin f

  1. genitive plural of glina

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “glin”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gli (fry (young fish)). Compare English small fry.

Noun

glin n

  1. (colloquial) scamp; a (mischievous) child
    Det sprang omkring några glin inne i affären
    Some scamps were running around inside the store

Usage notes

  • Only gli appears for the singular in sources, though "ett småglin" is much more common than "ett smågli" on Google.
  • Sometimes of adolescents or young adults in a derogatory sense, comparing them to children.

Declension

Declension of glin
nominative genitive
singular indefinite glin glins
definite glinet glinets
plural indefinite glin glins
definite glinen glinens

Derived terms

References

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡliːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

glin m (plural gliniau)

  1. knee

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of glin
radical soft nasal aspirate
glin lin nglin unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.