flin

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • fline, flion, fliona, flinne, flithne

Noun

flin m (genitive singular fline, no plural)

  1. sleet

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
flinfhlin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Etymology

See flina (“to grin”)

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

flin n

  1. a (scornful, teasing, or silly) grin
    ett hånfullt flin
    a mocking grin
    ett retsamt flin
    a teasing grin
    ett fånigt flin
    a silly grin
    • 1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson (lyrics and music), “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old], performed by Magnus Uggla:
      Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.
      I'm sitting after dinner ["the food" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.

Usage notes

Leende (“smile”) sounds better for "He had a big grin on his face" and the like, when of an ordinary big smile.

Declension
Declension of flin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flin flinet flin flinen
Genitive flins flinets flins flinens

Derived terms

References

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vliːn/

Adjective

flin

  1. Soft mutation of blin.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blin flin mlin unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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