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Definitions and meaning of blin

blin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- +‎ lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.

Verb

blin (third-person singular simple present blins, present participle blinning, simple past blinned or blan, past participle blinned or blun)

1. (obsolete, especially Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire) To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.

Synonyms

• (to cease): see Thesaurus:stop, see also Thesaurus:desist

Noun

blin

1. (obsolete) Cessation; end.

Etymology 2

From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”).

Noun

blin (plural blini or bliny or blins)

1. A blintz or blini.

Anagrams

• LNIB

Middle English

Verb

blin

1. alternative form of blinnen

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian блин (blin), from Proto-Slavic *mlinъ. First attested in 1861. Ultimately related to mleć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblin/
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: blin

Noun

blin m inan or m animal

1. blini, blintz

   gryczany blin ― buckwheat blintz

   gorący blin ― hot blintz

   bliny z kawiorem ― blintzes with caviar

   jeść bliny ― to eat blintzes

   podać bliny ― to serve blintzes

   zamówić bliny ― to order blintzes

Declension

References

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *mlīno- and related to Latvian blīnis (“tired man”), which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”). Related to Breton blin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

blin (feminine singular blin, plural blinion, equative blined, comparative blinach, superlative blinaf)

1. tired, weary

   Synonym: blinedig

2. tiresome, wearisome
3. troubling, troublesome, distressing
4. (North Wales) angry, cross, mad

5. (South Wales) sorry

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English blyn, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɪn/

Adjective

blin

1. mistaken

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