linn

See also: Linn

English

Noun

linn (plural linns)

  1. Alternative form of lin

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *litna. Compare Finnish linna.

Noun

linn (genitive linna, partitive linna)

  1. town

Declension

Compounds

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish linn (“pool, lake; sea, ocean”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̠ʲiːn̠ʲ/, /l̠ʲɪn̠ʲ/

Noun

linn f (genitive singular linne, nominative plural linnte)

  1. pool, pond; body of water, lake, sea
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish linn (“period, space of time”).

Noun

linn f (genitive singular linne)

  1. space of time, period
Declension
Derived terms
  • le linn (“because of”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʲɪn̠ʲ/

Pronoun

linn (emphatic linne)

  1. first-person plural of le: with us, to us

References

  • "linn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Norse *linnr, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Related to linnorm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪnː/

Adjective

linn (masculine and feminine lin, neuter lint, definite singular and plural linne, comparative linnare, indefinite superlative linnast, definite superlative linnaste)

  1. weak

Synonyms

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish linn (“period, space of time”).

Noun

linn m, f (genitive singular linn or linne, plural linntean)

  1. era, age
  2. century
    san 20mh linn ― in the 20th century
  3. generation (genealogy)
    bho linn gu linn ― from generation to generation

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “3 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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