From southern Middle High German klīn, a byform (likely old ablaut variant) of kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with German klein, Dutch klein, English clean.
chlii (comparative chliiner, superlative chliinscht)
Declension of chlii | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative/accusative | chliini | chliini | chliini | chliine |
dative | chliine | chliine | chliine | chliine | |
Strong inflection | nominative/accusative | chliine | chliini | chliins | chliini |
dative | chliine | chliine | chliine | chliine |