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Elin

Elin

See also: elin and elin-

Danish

Proper noun

Elin

  1. A female given name.

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη ‎(Helénē).

Proper noun

Elin f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Elin: Elinarson
  • daughter of Elin: Elinardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Elin
Accusative Elina
Dative Elini
Genitive Elinar

Derived terms

Elinborg

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval variant of Helene ‎(“Helen”), comparable to English Ellen. First recorded in Norway ca. 1300.

Proper noun

Elin

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 644 females with the given name Elin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Helena (originally pronounced without the h in Swedish). First recorded in Sweden in the 14th century. Comparable to English Ellen.

Proper noun

Elin

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 58 582 females with the given name Elin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

elin

elin

See also: Elin and elin-

Cornish

Noun

elin m ‎(dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)

  1. elbow

Finnish

Etymology

el- +‎ -in

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧lin
  • IPA(key): /ˈelin/

Noun

elin

  1. organ of an organism
  2. governmental body
  3. member (****)

Declension

Inflection of elin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation)
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
instructive — elimin
abessive elimettä elimittä
comitative — elimineen

Compounds

Verb

elin

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of elää.

Compounds

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *olīnā ‎(“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- ‎(“to bend”). Cognate with Cornish elin, Breton ilin, Scottish Gaelic uileann, Irish uillinn; non-Celtic cognates include Latin ulna, Ancient Greek ὠλένη ‎(ōlénē).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛlɪn/

Noun

elin f (plural elinoedd or elinau)

  1. (anatomy) elbow; forearm
  2. angle, bend

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
elin unchanged unchanged helin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

Medieval variant of Helene (Helen), comparable to English Ellen.

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