frin
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fringilla (The older Volapük spelling of flin with the letter "l" was later respelled frin when the letter "r" was re-introduced for many words).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɾin]
Noun
frin (nominative plural frins)
- finch (bird family Fringillidae)
- chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (see )
Declension
declension of frin
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frin | frins |
| genitive | frina | frinas |
| dative | frine | frines |
| accusative | frini | frinis |
| vocative 1 | o frin! | o frins! |
| predicative 2 | frinu | frinus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
- flin (obsolete spelling l > r)
Hyponyms
- frinil
- frinül
- hifrin
- janafrin
- jifrin
- kerafrin
- tilafrin
Derived terms
- frinifan
- frinifanan
- frinifanön
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