lina

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See also: Lina, liną, lína, líná, liña, and Līna

Latin

Noun

līna

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of līnum

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From East Baltic, just as Estonian lina. Compare Lithuanian linas and Latvian lini.

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *lino-, although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Noun

lina

  1. flax

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

liná

  1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lina f

  1. definite singular of line

Old High German

Etymology

From the Old High German noun līn.

Noun

līna f

  1. a line, a yarn (originally made of flax)

Descendants

  • German: Leine
  • Central Franconian: Leng, Lein

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: li‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German līne. Doublet of len.

Noun

lina f (diminutive linka, related adjective linowy)

  1. line, rope, cord, string, twine (hick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line)
Declension
Declension of lina
singular plural
nominative lina liny
genitive liny lin
dative linie linom
accusative linę liny
instrumental liną linami
locative linie linach
vocative lino liny

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lina m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of lin

Further reading

  • lina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • lina in PWN's encyclopedia

Proto-Norse

Romanization

līna

  1. Romanization of ᛚᛁᚾᚨ

Swahili

Verb

lina

  1. ji-ma class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lína, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Pronunciation

Noun

lina c

  1. a wire, a rope, a line

Declension

Declension of lina 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lina linan linor linorna
Genitive linas linans linors linornas

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian lina.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlinɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -inɑ
  • Hyphenation: li‧na

Noun

lina

  1. flax, linen

Inflection

Declension of lina (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lina linad
genitive lina linojõ, linoi
partitive linna linoitõ, linoi
illative linnasõ, linna linoisõ
inessive linaz linoiz
elative linassõ linoissõ
allative linalõ linoilõ
adessive linallõ linoillõ
ablative linaltõ linoiltõ
translative linassi linoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lina”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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