glin

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliːn/

Noun

glin m (plural glinoù, dual daoulin)

1. (anatomy) knee

Inflection

  Mutation of glin  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	glin	c'hlin	unchanged	klin
plural	glinoù	c'hlinoù	unchanged	klinoù

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡliːn]

Noun

glin m (dual dewlin, plural glinyow)

1. knee

Mutation

  Mutation of glin  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
glin	lin	unchanged	klin	unchanged	unchanged

Polish

Chemical element
Al
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlin/

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: glin

Etymology 1

Noun

glin m inan

1. aluminum

   Synonym: aluminium

Declension

Declension of glin

	singular
nominative	glin
genitive	glinu
dative	glinowi
accusative	glin
instrumental	glinem
locative	glinie
vocative	glinie

Derived terms

adjective

• glinowy

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glin f

1. genitive plural of glina

Further reading

• glin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• glin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• gli

Etymology

From gli (“fry (young fish)”). Compare English small fry.

Noun

glin n

1. (colloquial) scamp; a (mischievous) child

   Det sprang omkring några glin inne i affären

   Some scamps were running around inside the store

Usage notes

• Only gli appears for the singular in sources, though "ett småglin" is much more common than "ett smågli" on Google.
• Sometimes of adolescents or young adults in a derogatory sense, comparing them to children.

Declension

Declension of glin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	glin	glins
	definite	glinet	glinets
plural	indefinite	glin	glins
	definite	glinen	glinens

Derived terms

• småglin (“small child”)

References

• gli in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gli in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gli in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡliːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

glin m (plural gliniau)

1. knee

Synonyms

• pen-glin
• pen-lin

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glin	lin	nglin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.