lín

Inherited from Old Czech líň, from Proto-Slavic *linь. Further etymology uncertain, see линь (linʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːn]

lín m anim

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

• “lín”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lín”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lín”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

lín n (genitive singular líns, uncountable)

1. (botany) flax
2. linen, cloth, thread

• hørur

lín

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną.

• IPA^(key): /liːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

lín n (genitive singular líns, no plural)

1. flax
2. linen

• língresi (“bentgrass”)

lín

1. vocative/genitive singular of líon

• lin — nonstandard

lín (lin², Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄣˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 临
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亃
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啅
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壣
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶙
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惏
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斴
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晽
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暽
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 林
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淋
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滰
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潾
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀶
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燐 / 磷
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獜
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琳
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璘
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 甐
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疄
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痳
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞵
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矝
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碄
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磵 / 𰧃
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箖
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粦 / 磷
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粼
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綝 / 𬘭
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繗 / 𬙈
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罧
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翷
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臨 / 临
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轔 / 辚
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遴
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄰 / 邻
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏻 / 𬭸
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隣 / 邻
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霖
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驎 / 𬴊
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱗 / 鳞
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麐 / 麟
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔂
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膦

• IPA^(key): [l͈ʲiːn]
• (vocative/genitive singular) IPA^(key): [l͈ʲiːnʲ]

From Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flood, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“flow”).^[1]

lín n

1. full number, complement (in numbers)
2. (followed by the genitive of another noun or verbal noun) number sufficient to perform a particular deed, full complement
3. great number, multitude
4. as many as
5. (law) party

• línaid
• línmar

• Irish: líon (“full number”)

lín

1. second-person singular imperative of línaid

·lín

1. inflection of línaid:
   1. third-person singular preterite conjunctive
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunctive

From Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flax”).

lín n

1. linen, cloth, thread
2. flax
3. (fishing) net
4. (hunting) net, snare

• Irish: líon (“flax”)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìon (“net”)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language