rinnan

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrinːɑn/, [ˈrinːɑ̝n]
  • Rhymes: -inːɑn
  • Syllabification(key): rin‧nan
  • Hyphenation(key): rin‧nan

Etymology 1

The instructive singular of rinta.

Adverb

rinnan

  1. (electronics) in parallel
    kytkeä rinnanto connect in parallel
    rinnankytkentäparallel connection
    rinnan kytkettyconnected in parallel
    rinnan kytketyt lamput
    lamps connected in parallel
  2. alternative form of rinnakkain
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rinnan

  1. genitive singular of rinta

Gothic

Romanization

rinnan

  1. romanization of 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rinnan.

Verb

rinnan

  1. to run

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: rinnen
    • Dutch: rinnen (obsolete), rennen
    • Limburgish: rinne, rènne

Further reading

  • rinnan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rinnan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrin.nɑn/

Verb

rinnan

  1. to run
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      ⁊ ēac þætte þrīe wulfas on ānre niht brōhton ānes dēades monnes līchoman binnan þā burg, ⁊ hiene þær siþþan tōbrugdon, oþ þā men onwōcan, ⁊ ūt urnon, ⁊ hīe siþþan aweġ flugon.
      And on one night, three wolves brought the body of a dead man into the city, and then tore it to pieces, until the people awoke and ran out, and they ran away.
  2. (of time) to pass, elapse
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
      Ælce mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.
      Each month passes under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scale"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rinnan.

Verb

rinnan

  1. to run

Conjugation

Descendants