klin

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See also: klín and klin-

Cornish

Noun

klin

  1. Hard mutation of glin.

Kashubian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: klin

Noun

klin m inan

  1. womb

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “łono”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • klin”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klinъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

klin m inan (diminutive klinašk or klink)

  1. wedge

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “klin”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “klin”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic إِكْلِيل الْجَبَل (ʔiklīl al-jabal).

Pronunciation

Noun

klin m

  1. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klinъ. First attested in 1401.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /klʲi(ː)n/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /klʲin/

Noun

klin m inan

  1. wedge (simple device for splitting)
    • c. 1483, Satyra na leniwych chłopów, line 19:
      Stogy na roly, w lemyess klyekczye, rzekomocz mv plug oracz nye chczye. Namyszlem potraczy klyny, byezy do chrostha po gyny
      [Stoji na roli, w lemiesz klekce, rzekomoć mu pług orać nie chce. Namysłem potraci kliny, bieży do chrosta po jiny]
  2. wedge (object resembling such a device)
    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) plug, stopper
      • 1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume LIII, Krakow, page 63:
        Tegas intus sal clinken..., depones klin
        [Tegas intus sal clinken..., depones klin]
    2. string puppet
      • 1885-2024 [End of the 15th century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 11:
        Clyn cuneus, kucla
        [Klin cuneus, kukła]
    3. cap, hat
      • 1877-1881 [1437], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, number 228, page 85:
        Clyn *birrita
        [Klin *birrita]
    4. fold (edge of a garment)
      • 1930 [c. 1455], “I Reg”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 15, 27:
        Vchopyw gy Saul za klyn plascza gego (apprehendit summitatem pallii eius) tako, esze syø rozdarl
        [Uchopiw ji Saul za klin płaszcza jego (apprehendit summitatem pallii eius) tako, eże się rozdarł]
  3. wedge-shaped piece of field
    • 1856-1870 [1476], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume II, number 4174:
      Niwą roley gich..., ktora lyezy na przeczowkach... y klin roley do granicze, do sklarskey... obligauerunt
      [Niwą rolej jich..., ktora leży na przeczowkach... i klin rolej do granice, do szklarskiej... obligauerunt]
  4. (attested in Lesser Poland) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1401, Adam Chmiel, editor, Księgi radzieckie kazimierskie, Krakow, page 540:
      XIIII grossos pro episcis, qui dicuntur *sclin equorum
      [XIIII grossos pro episcis, qui dicuntur [s]klin equorum]

Descendants

  • Polish: klin

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “klin”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish klin, from Proto-Slavic *klinъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: klin

Noun

klin m inan

  1. wedge
  2. (military) wedge formation
  3. (colloquial) a shot of alcohol drunk to overcome a hangover, hair of the dog

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • klin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • klin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klinъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

klȉn m (Cyrillic spelling кли̏н)

  1. wedge
  2. nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

Declension

Further reading

  • klin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English clean.

Adjective

klin

  1. clean

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klinъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

klin m inan

  1. wedge

Declension

Further reading

  • klin” in Soblex

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Adjective

klīn

  1. small

Antonyms

Volapük

Noun

klin (nominative plural klins)

  1. inclination

Declension