čin

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čin, from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: čin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

čin m inan

  1. action, act, deed
    muž činu ― man of action
  2. feat

Declension

Declension of čin (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative čin činy
genitive činu činů
dative činu činům
accusative čin činy
vocative čine činy
locative činu činech
instrumental činem činy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • čin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • čin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • čin in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃin/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈt͡ʃin/

Noun

čin m inan

  1. action, act, deed
  2. feat

Declension

Declension of čin (u-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative čin činy činové, čini
genitive činu činú činóv
dative činovi, činu činoma činóm
accusative čin činy činy
vocative čine činy činové, čini
locative činu činú činiech
instrumental činem činoma činy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: čin

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

čȋn m (Cyrillic spelling чи̑н)

  1. action, act, deed
  2. (theater) act
  3. (military) rank

Declension

Declension of čin
singular plural
nominative čȋn čȉnovi
genitive čina činova
dative činu činovima
accusative čin činove
vocative čine činovi
locative činu činovima
instrumental činom činovima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

čin m inan (genitive singular činu, nominative plural činy, genitive plural činov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. action, act, deed

Declension

Declension of čin
singular plural
nominative čin činy
genitive činu činov
dative činu činom
accusative čin činy
locative čine činoch
instrumental činom činmi

Further reading

  • “čin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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