lín
Old Irish
/l͈ʲiːn/, /l͈ʲiːnʲ/
noun
Definitions
- full number, complement in numbers
- followed by the genitive of another noun or verbal noun number sufficient to perform a particular deed, full complement
- great number, multitude
- as many as
- (legal) party
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *līnom (flood, flow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (flow, flood).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyH-
Gloss
flow, flood
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
洪