cin
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Arem
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ciːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dciinʔ; cognate with Vietnamese chín.
Pronunciation
Numeral
cin
Further reading
- Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
cin (ci)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German, more specifically from High German. Compare German Zinn. Ultimately, from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Noun
cin (usually uncountable, plural cinek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cin | cinek |
| accusative | cint | cineket |
| dative | cinnek | cineknek |
| instrumental | cinnel | cinekkel |
| causal-final | cinért | cinekért |
| translative | cinné | cinekké |
| terminative | cinig | cinekig |
| essive-formal | cinként | cinekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cinben | cinekben |
| superessive | cinen | cineken |
| adessive | cinnél | cineknél |
| illative | cinbe | cinekbe |
| sublative | cinre | cinekre |
| allative | cinhez | cinekhez |
| elative | cinből | cinekből |
| delative | cinről | cinekről |
| ablative | cintől | cinektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ciné | cineké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cinéi | cinekéi |
| Possessive forms of cin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cinem | cinjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | cined | cinjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | cinje | cinjei |
| 1st person plural | cinünk | cinjeink |
| 2nd person plural | cinetek | cinjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | cinjük | cinjeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Etymology 2
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection
cin
- squeak (imitative of a short, high-pitched sound of a mouse; can be used repetitively)
- 1845, Hans Christian Andersen, “A fenyőfa (The Fir Tree)”, in Hans Christian Andersen meséi, →ISBN:
- Cin, cin! – cincogta egy előiramodó egérke.
- “Squeak, squeak,” said a little mouse that scurried forward.
Related terms
References
- ^ cin in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- (tin): cin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- cin in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tsʰi̯en (“thousand”), from Chinese 千 (MC tshen). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao canf.
Numeral
cin
Lhao Vo
Etymology
Cognate with Burmese ဆန် (hcan, “rice”).
Noun
cin
References
- Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
ċin n
- Alternative form of ċinn: chin
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
- Our English ch (pronounced tch) for original c (as in chin for Old English cin, child for cild) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷinuts, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pay, avenge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cin m
Inflection
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cin | cinaidL, cin | cinaid |
| Vocative | cin | cinaidL, cin | cinta |
| Accusative | cinaidN | cinaidL, cin | cinta |
| Genitive | cinad | cinad | cinadN |
| Dative | cinaidL | cintaib | cintaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cin | chin | cin pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷinut-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ).
Noun
cin n (plural cinuri)
- high social position in the Middle Ages
Declension
Declension of cin
Tatar
Noun
cin
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جن, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
Noun
cin (definite accusative cini, plural cinler)
Declension
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| Nominative | cin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | cini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Definite accusative | cini | cinleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | cine | cinlere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | cinde | cinlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | cinden | cinlerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
cin on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia tr
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
cīn
Volapük
Noun
cin (nominative plural cins)