frin
Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin fringilla (The older Volapük spelling of flin with the letter "l" was later respelled frin when the letter "r" was re-introduced for many words).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]frin (nominative plural frins)
- finch (bird family Fringillidae)
- chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (see [1])
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frin | frins |
| genitive | frina | frinas |
| dative | frine | frines |
| accusative | frini | frinis |
| vocative 1 | o frin! | o frins! |
| predicative 2 | frinu | frinus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
[edit]- flin (obsolete spelling l > r)