English Explanatory Dictionary

blin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
noun
  1. Cessation; end.
noun
  1. A blintz or blini.
noun
  1. An ethnic group from Eritrea.
name
  1. The Cushitic language spoken by the Blin people.

Pronunciation

/blɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blin.wav

Word forms

blin blins blinning blinned blan blun blini bliny Bilin Bilen Belen Bilein

Etymology

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.

Synonyms

stop Bogos

Related words

byn ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Blin terms
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