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

	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

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

Polish

Chemical element
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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

Mutated forms of glin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glin	lin	nglin	unchanged

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