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Superlative form of the root ala-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlin/, [ˈɑ̝lin]
• Rhymes: -ɑlin
• Syllabification^(key): a‧lin
• Hyphenation^(key): alin

alin (not comparable)

1. lowest, undermost, lowermost

• ylin

• “alin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• lain, lian, nila

Cognates include Fon alìn, Saxwe Gbe olìn, Aja (West Africa) alin

• IPA^(key): /ā.lĩ̀/

alìn (plural alìn lɛ́ or alìn lẹ́)

1. hoe

From Old Norse ǫln, alin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːlɪn]

  Rhymes: -aːlɪn

alin f (genitive singular álnar, nominative plural álnir)

1. ell (unit of measurement)

Compare Manchu ᠠᠯᡳᠨ (alin)

alin

1. mountain

• Manchu: ᠠᠯᡳᠨ (alin)

alin

1. romanization of ᠠᠯᡳᠨ

From Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-. Compare English ell.

alin f (genitive alnar, plural alnar or alnir)

1. alternative form of ǫln

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

alin

1. inflection of alinn:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “alin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.lin]

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alin (epenthetic form alini)

1. to float, drown

• IPA^(key): [aˈlin]

Back-formation from alina.

alin

1. slowly

alin

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of alina

Compare Central Bikol arin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlin/ [ʔɐˈlɪn̪], (colloquial) /ʔaˈlen/ [ʔɐˈlɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧lin

alín (plural alin-alin, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (interrogative) which

• lain, Lina, inla, nila, ilan