puin
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Puin (1).
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poyn, pouyn, pueyn, further etymology unknown. Compare West Frisian pún, English pound (“to beat, crush”).
Pronunciation
Noun
puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)
- rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material
- (usually in the plural) ruins
- 1914, Theo van Doesburg, De oorlog:
- De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: puing
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
puin
Declension
| Inflection of puin (Kotus type 33*D/kytkin, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puin | pukimet | ||
| genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten | ||
| partitive | puinta | pukimia | ||
| illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | puin | pukimet | ||
| accusative | nom. | puin | pukimet | |
| gen. | pukimen | |||
| genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten | ||
| partitive | puinta | pukimia | ||
| inessive | pukimessa | pukimissa | ||
| elative | pukimesta | pukimista | ||
| illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | ||
| adessive | pukimella | pukimilla | ||
| ablative | pukimelta | pukimilta | ||
| allative | pukimelle | pukimille | ||
| essive | pukimena | pukimina | ||
| translative | pukimeksi | pukimiksi | ||
| abessive | pukimetta | pukimitta | ||
| instructive | — | pukimin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “puin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
puin
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
puin
- instructive plural of puu
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
puin
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *puinën, equivalent to puu (“wood”) + -in. Cognates include Finnish puinen and Estonian puine.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpui̯ne/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpui̯n/,
- Rhymes: -ui̯n
- Hyphenation: puin
- Homophone: puinna
Noun
puin
Adjective
puin (comparative puisemp)
Declension
| Declension of puin (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puin | puiset |
| genitive | puisen | puisiin |
| partitive | puista, puist | puisia |
| illative | puisee | puisii |
| inessive | puisees | puisiis |
| elative | puisest | puisist |
| allative | puiselle | puisille |
| adessive | puiseel | puisiil |
| ablative | puiselt | puisilt |
| translative | puiseks | puisiks |
| essive | puisenna, puiseen | puisinna, puisiin |
| exessive1) | puisent | puisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
puin
- Alternative spelling of puinna