-ín

• IPA^(key): /ˈin/ [ˈĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: -ín

-ín m sg (adjective-forming suffix, feminine singular -ina, neuter singular -ino, masculine plural -ines, feminine plural -ines)
-ín m sg (feminine singular -ina, masculine plural -ines, feminine plural -ines)

1. forms diminutives of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs

   Synonyms: -icu, -iellu, -itu

   Antonyms: -ón, -ote

   ‎camín (“way, path, road”) + ‎-ín → ‎caminín

   ‎muyer (“woman”) + ‎-ín → ‎muyerina

   ‎casa (“house”) + ‎-ín → ‎casina

2. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people or the language or dialect they speak: -ine, -an, -ian, -ese, -ish, -ic, -i

   Synonyms: -anu, -ense, -és, -ita

   ‎Avilés + ‎-ín → ‎avilesín

   ‎Israel + ‎-ín → ‎israelín (“Israeli”)

   ‎Montenegru (“Montenegro”) + ‎-ín → ‎montenegrín (“Montenegrin”)

-ín

1. forms the first-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs

• -é

-ín (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iña, masculine plural -íns, feminine plural -iñas)

1. (northeastern Galician) alternative form of -iño (diminutive suffix)

The suffix -ín replaced the Old Irish suffixes -án, -én, and others probably under the influence of forms like Áugustín from Latin Augustīnus.^[1]

-ín m

1. Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun.

   ‎capall (“horse”) + ‎-ín → ‎capaillín (“pony”)

   ‎lacha (“duck”) + ‎-ín → ‎lachín (“duckling”)

   ‎pota (“pot”) + ‎-ín → ‎poitín (“poteen”)

   ‎teach (“house”) + ‎-ín → ‎teachín (“cottage”)

From English -ine, from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos).

-ín m

1. (chemistry) -ine

   aimín (“amine”)

   anailín (“aniline”)

   iaidín (“iodine”)

All nouns ending in a broad consonant change to a slender consonant before taking -ín, except words with stems ending in -ach

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “-ín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

-ín (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ina, masculine plural -ines, feminine plural -inas)
-ín m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ines)

1. (Northern Spain, especially Asturias) forms the diminutives of nouns, often one already with a diminutive suffix

   ‎chiquito (“little boy”) + ‎-ín → ‎chiquitín (“very young boy”)

   ‎poquito (“little bit”) + ‎-ín → ‎poquitín (“tiny bit”)

• This suffix is most commonly used in Spain, particularly in Asturias. It can be used for nouns (cafetín) or adjectives (pequeñín).

• “-ín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024