FromProto-Brythonic*ölin, fromProto-Celtic*olīnā(“elbow; angle”), fromProto-Indo-European*Heh₃l-(“to bend”). Cognate withWelshelin,Bretonilin,Scottish Gaelicuileann,Irishuillinn; non-Celtic cognates includeLatinulna,Ancient Greekὠλένη(ōlénē).
elin m (dualdewelin,pluralelinnyow)
elää(“to live”) +-in(instrumental suffix).Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguistDaniel Europaeus in 1853.
elin
Inflection ofelin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | elin | elimet | |
genitive | elimen | elimien elinten | |
partitive | elintä | elimiä | |
illative | elimeen | elimiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | elin | elimet | |
accusative | nom. | elin | elimet |
gen. | elimen | ||
genitive | elimen | elimien elinten | |
partitive | elintä | elimiä | |
inessive | elimessä | elimissä | |
elative | elimestä | elimistä | |
illative | elimeen | elimiin | |
adessive | elimellä | elimillä | |
ablative | elimeltä | elimiltä | |
allative | elimelle | elimille | |
essive | elimenä | eliminä | |
translative | elimeksi | elimiksi | |
abessive | elimettä | elimittä | |
instructive | — | elimin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
elin
elin m orn (feminine singularelină,masculine pluralelini,feminine and neuter pluraleline)
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative | indefinite | elin | elină | elini | eline | |||
definite | elinul | elina | elinii | elinele | ||||
genitive- dative | indefinite | elin | eline | elini | eline | |||
definite | elinului | elinei | elinilor | elinelor |
FromMiddle Welshelin, fromOld Welshelin,Proto-Brythonic*ölin, from fromProto-Celtic*olīnā(“elbow; angle”), fromProto-Indo-European*Heh₃l-(“to bend”).
Cognate withCornishelin,Bretonilin,Scottish Gaelicuileann,Irishuillinn; non-Celtic cognates includeOld Englisheln(bōga),Latinulna,Ancient Greekὠλένη(ōlénē).
elin f (pluralelinoeddorelinau)
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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elin | unchanged | unchanged | helin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.