lein

See also: Lein, LEIN, and -lein

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leinä, possibly from Proto-Baltic [Term?], compare Lithuanian klienas (“thin, skinny”) and Latvian kliens (“thin, withered”). Cognate to Votic leine (“grief”), Ingrian leina (“sadness”), and Finnish leina (“poor, weak, a poor crop yield”).

Noun

lein (genitive leina, partitive leina)

  1. grief, sorrow

Declension
Declension of lein (type leib)
singular plural
nominative lein leinad
genitive leina leinade
partitive leina leinu / leinasid
illative leina / leinasse leinadesse / leinusse
inessive leinas leinades
elative leinast leinadest
allative leinale leinadele
adessive leinal leinadel
ablative leinalt leinadelt
translative leinaks leinadeks
terminative leinani leinadeni
essive leinana leinadena
abessive leinata leinadeta
comitative leinaga leinadega

Finnish

Noun

lein

  1. genitive singular of lei
  2. instructive plural of lei

Noun

lein

  1. instructive plural of lee

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

lein

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽

Welsh

Etymology

From English line.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lei̯n/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯n

Noun

lein f (plural leinau or leiniau or leins, not mutable)

  1. line (rope, cord, or string; path through two or more points; telephone or network connection; single horizontal row of text)

Derived terms
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