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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *linþaz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
*linþ(ī)
- gentle
Inflection
a-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Nominative
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*linþ
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Genitive
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*linþas
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*linþ
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*linþu
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*linþ
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Accusative
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*linþanā
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*linþā
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*linþ
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Genitive
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*linþas
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*linþeʀā
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*linþas
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Dative
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*linþumē
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*linþeʀē
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*linþumē
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Instrumental
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*linþu
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*linþeʀu
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*linþu
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*linþē
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*linþō
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*linþu
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Accusative
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*linþā
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*linþā
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*linþu
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Genitive
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*linþeʀō
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*linþeʀō
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*linþeʀō
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Dative
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*linþēm, *linþum
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*linþēm, *linþum
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*linþēm, *linþum
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Instrumental
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*linþēm, *linþum
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*linþēm, *linþum
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*linþēm, *linþum
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ja-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Nominative
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*linþī
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Genitive
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*linþijas
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*linþī
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*linþiju
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*linþī
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Accusative
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*linþijanā
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*linþijā
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*linþī
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Genitive
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*linþijas
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*linþijeʀā
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*linþijas
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Dative
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*linþijumē
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*linþijeʀē
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*linþijumē
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Instrumental
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*linþiju
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*linþijeʀu
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*linþiju
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*linþijē
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*linþijō
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*linþiju
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Accusative
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*linþijā
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*linþijā
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*linþiju
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Genitive
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*linþijeʀō
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*linþijeʀō
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*linþijeʀō
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Dative
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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Instrumental
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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*linþijēm, *linþijum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *linþī”