Piin

See also: piin

Limburgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology

From earlier pīne, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Noun

Piin f (plural Piine) (Eupen)

  1. pain (both physical and psychological)
  2. (literary or religion) torment; agony

Usage notes
  • The plural is uncommon and nearly exclusively occurs for the second sense.
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