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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bolin (plural bolins)
- Alternative form of bowline (“type of knot”)
Anagrams
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish boghlina, equivalent to bog (“bow”) + lina (“line”). Cognate of English bowline, German Bulin, Dutch boelijn, French bouline, Spanish bolina, Italian bolina, Russian бу́линь (búlinʹ), Ukrainian булінь (bulinʹ). Exact origin somewhat murky.
Noun
[edit]bolin c
- bowline (a rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of bolin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bolin | bolinen | boliner | bolinerna |
| Genitive | bolins | bolinens | boliners | bolinernas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- bolin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bolin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bolin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bolin in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- boghlina in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L