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 blan or blun) (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 (obsolete) Cessation; end. === Etymology 2 === From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”). ==== Noun ==== blin (plural blini or bliny or blins) A blintz or blini. === Anagrams === LNIB == Middle English == === Verb === blin alternative form of blinnen == Polish == === Alternative forms === blyn (“potato pancake”) (Masovian Borderland) === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian блин (blin), from Proto-Slavic *mlinъ. First attested in 1861. Ultimately related to mleć. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -in Syllabification: blin === Noun === blin m inan or m animal 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) tired, weary Synonym: blinedig tiresome, wearisome troubling, troublesome, distressing (North Wales) angry, cross, mad (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 mistaken === References ===