# lín
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech líň, from Proto-Slavic *linь. Further etymology uncertain, see линь (linʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈliːn]

### Noun

lín m anim
* tench (Tinca tinca)

#### Derived terms

* líní
* línek

### Further reading

* “lín”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lín”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “lín”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

### Noun

lín n (genitive singular líns, uncountable)
* (botany) flax
* linen, cloth, thread

#### Synonyms

* hørur

## Galician
### Verb

lín
* first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of lín – see 恁 (“you (plural)”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 恁).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *līną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liːn/
* Rhymes: -iːn

### Noun

lín n (genitive singular líns, no plural)
* flax
* linen

#### Derived terms

* língresi (“bentgrass”)

## Irish
### Noun

lín
* vocative/genitive singular of líon

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* lin — nonstandard

### Romanization

lín (lin$^2$, Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄣˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 临
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 林
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燐 / 磷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璘
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 甐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磵 / 𰧃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粦 / 磷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粼
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綝 / 𬘭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繗 / 𬙈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臨 / 临
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轔 / 辚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄰 / 邻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏻 / 𬭸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隣 / 邻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驎 / 𬴊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱗 / 鳞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麐 / 麟
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膦

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [l͈ʲiːn]
* (vocative/genitive singular) IPA: [l͈ʲiːnʲ]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flood, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“flow”).

#### Noun

lín n
* full number, complement (in numbers)
* (followed by the genitive of another noun or verbal noun) number sufficient to perform a particular deed, full complement
* great number, multitude
* as many as
* (law) party

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Derived terms

* línaid
* línmar

##### Descendants

* Irish: líon (“full number”)

#### Verb

lín
* second-person singular imperative of línaid

#### Verb

·lín
* inflection of línaid:
** third-person singular preterite conjunctive
** first-person singular present subjunctive conjunctive

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flax”).

#### Noun

lín n
* linen, cloth, thread
* flax
* (fishing) net
* (hunting) net, snare

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Derived terms

* línach
* línaige
* línecda
* línide
* línrad

##### Descendants

* Irish: líon (“flax”)
* Scottish Gaelic: lìon (“net”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-41

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language