• IPA^(key): /ˈin/[ˈĩŋ]
• Rhymes:-in
• Syllabification:-ín

-ín m sg (adjective-forming suffix,feminine singular-ina,neuter singular-ino,masculine plural-ines,feminine plural-ines)
-ín m sg (feminine singular-ina,masculine plural-ines,feminine plural-ines)

1. formsdiminutives of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs

   Synonyms:-icu,-iellu,-itu

   Antonyms:-ón,-ote

   ‎camín(“way, path, road”) + ‎-ín → ‎caminín

   ‎muyer(“woman”) + ‎-ín → ‎muyerina

   ‎casa(“house”) + ‎-ín → ‎casina

2. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people or thelanguage ordialect they speak:-ine,-an,-ian,-ese,-ish,-ic,-i

   Synonyms:-anu,-ense,-és,-ita

   ‎Avilés + ‎-ín → ‎avilesín

   ‎Israel + ‎-ín → ‎israelín(“Israeli”)

   ‎Montenegru(“Montenegro”) + ‎-ín → ‎montenegrín(“Montenegrin”)

-ín

1. forms thefirst-person singularindicativepreterite of-er and-ir verbs

• -é

-ín (adjective-forming suffix,feminine-iña,masculine plural-íns,feminine plural-iñas)

1. (northeastern Galician)alternative form of-iño(diminutive suffix)

The suffix -ín replaced the Old Irish suffixes-án,-én, and others probably under the influence of forms likeÁugustín from LatinAugustīnus.^[1]

-ín m

1. Suffix used to formdiminutive nouns, sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun.

   ‎capall(“horse”) + ‎-ín → ‎capaillín(“pony”)

   ‎lacha(“duck”) + ‎-ín → ‎lachín(“duckling”)

   ‎pota(“pot”) + ‎-ín → ‎poitín(“poteen”)

   ‎teach(“house”) + ‎-ín → ‎teachín(“cottage”)

FromEnglish-ine, fromOld French-ine, fromLatin-īnus, fromAncient Greek-ινος(-inos).

-ín m

1. (chemistry)-ine

   aimín(“amine”)

   anailín(“aniline”)

   iaidín(“iodine”)

All nouns ending in a broad consonant change to a slender consonant before taking-ín, except words with stems ending in-ach

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “-ín”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

-ín (adjective-forming suffix,feminine-ina,masculine plural-ines,feminine plural-inas)
-ín m (noun-forming suffix,plural-ines)

1. (Northern Spain, especially Asturias)forms thediminutives of nouns, often one already with a diminutive suffix

   ‎chiquito(“little boy”) + ‎-ín → ‎chiquitín(“very young boy”)

   ‎poquito(“little bit”) + ‎-ín → ‎poquitín(“tiny bit”)

• This suffix is most commonly used in Spain, particularly inAsturias. It can be used for nouns (cafetín) or adjectives (pequeñín).

• “-ín”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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