cin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

Arem

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ciːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dciinʔ; cognate with Vietnamese chín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ciːnˀ]

Numeral

cin

1. nine

Further reading

• Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5

Champenois

Numeral

cin

1. five

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

cin (ci)

1. (very rare) thee, you

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi3	ilin iŝin3	ilia iŝia3
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

² The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

³ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sin]
• Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German, more specifically from High German. Compare German Zinn. Ultimately, from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Noun

cin (usually uncountable, plural cinek)

1. (folksy) tin

   Synonyms: bádog, ón

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	cin	cinek
accusative	cint	cineket
dative	cinnek	cineknek
instrumental	cinnel	cinekkel
causal-final	cinért	cinekért
translative	cinné	cinekké
terminative	cinig	cinekig
essive-formal	cinként	cinekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cinben	cinekben
superessive	cinen	cineken
adessive	cinnél	cineknél
illative	cinbe	cinekbe
sublative	cinre	cinekre
allative	cinhez	cinekhez
elative	cinből	cinekből
delative	cinről	cinekről
ablative	cintől	cinektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ciné	cineké
non-attributive possessive – plural	cinéi	cinekéi

Possessive forms of cin

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cinem	cinjeim
2nd person sing.	cined	cinjeid
3rd person sing.	cinje	cinjei
1st person plural	cinünk	cinjeink
2nd person plural	cinetek	cinjeitek
3rd person plural	cinjük	cinjeik

Derived terms

• cinez

Compound words

• cintányér

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Interjection

cin

2. squeak (imitative of a short, high-pitched sound of a mouse; can be used repetitively)
   • 1845, Hans Christian Andersen, “A fenyőfa (The Fir Tree)”, in Hans Christian Andersen meséi‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Cin, cin! – cincogta egy előiramodó egérke.

     “Squeak, squeak,” said a little mouse that scurried forward.

Related terms

• cincog

Further reading

• (tin): cin in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• cin in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tsʰi̯en (“thousand”), from Chinese 千 (MC tshen). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] canf.

Numeral

cin

1. thousand

Lhao Vo

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ဆန် (hcan, “rice”).

Noun

cin

1. rice
2. husked rice.

References

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃin/

Noun

ċin n

1. Alternative form of ċinn: chin
   • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:

     Our English ch (pronounced tch) for original c (as in chin for Old English cin, child for cild) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷinuts, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pay, avenge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲin/

Noun

cin m

1. fault, guilt
2. sin, crime

Inflection

Masculine t-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cin	cinaidL, cin	cinaid
vocative	cin	cinaidL, cin	cinta
accusative	cinaidN	cinaidL, cin	cinta
genitive	cinad	cinad	cinadN
dative	cinaidL	cintaib	cintaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cin (“guilt; payment due, fee”)
  • Classical Gaelic: cion (“guilt; due portion; partiality”)
    • Irish: cion (“transgression; share; affection”)

Mutation

Mutation of cin

radical	lenition	nasalization
cin	chin	cin pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ).

Noun

cin n (plural cinuri)

1. high social position in the Middle Ages

Declension

Declension of cin

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cin	cinul		cinuri	cinurile
genitive-dative	cin	cinului		cinuri	cinurilor
vocative	cinule			cinurilor

Tatar

Noun

cin

1. sleeve

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جن, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒin]

Noun

cin (definite accusative cini, plural cinler)

1. genie
2. (Islam) jinn, demon

Declension

Declension of cin

singular plural nominative cin cinler definite accusative cini cinleri dative cine cinlere locative cinde cinlerde ablative cinden cinlerden genitive cinin cinlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular cinim cinlerim 2nd singular cinin cinlerin 3rd singular cini cinleri 1st plural cinimiz cinlerimiz 2nd plural cininiz cinleriniz 3rd plural cinleri cinleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular cinimi cinlerimi 2nd singular cinini cinlerini 3rd singular cinini cinlerini 1st plural cinimizi cinlerimizi 2nd plural cininizi cinlerinizi 3rd plural cinlerini cinlerini dative singular plural 1st singular cinime cinlerime 2nd singular cinine cinlerine 3rd singular cinine cinlerine 1st plural cinimize cinlerimize 2nd plural cininize cinlerinize 3rd plural cinlerine cinlerine locative singular plural 1st singular cinimde cinlerimde 2nd singular cininde cinlerinde 3rd singular cininde cinlerinde 1st plural cinimizde cinlerimizde 2nd plural cininizde cinlerinizde 3rd plural cinlerinde cinlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular cinimden cinlerimden 2nd singular cininden cinlerinden 3rd singular cininden cinlerinden 1st plural cinimizden cinlerimizden 2nd plural cininizden cinlerinizden 3rd plural cinlerinden cinlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular cinimin cinlerimin 2nd singular cininin cinlerinin 3rd singular cininin cinlerinin 1st plural cinimizin cinlerimizin 2nd plural cininizin cinlerinizin 3rd plural cinlerinin cinlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular cinim cinlerim 2nd singular cinsin cinlersin 3rd singular cin cindir cinler cinlerdir 1st plural ciniz cinleriz 2nd plural cinsiniz cinlersiniz 3rd plural cinler cinlerdir

Further reading

• cin on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Verb

cīn

1. to pull
2. to draw

Volapük

Noun

cin (nominative plural cins)

1. machine

Declension

Declension of cin

	singular	plural
nominative	cin	cins
genitive	cina	cinas
dative	cine	cines
accusative	cini	cinis
vocative 1	o cin!	o cins!
predicative 2	cinu	cinus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only