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 (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 some later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

flin (obsolete spelling l > r)

Hypernyms

böd
kanitaböd
nim

Hyponyms

frinil
frinül
hifrin
janafrin
jifrin
kerafrin
tilafrin

Derived terms

frinifan
frinifanan
frinifanön