cleini

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klainī.

Adjective

cleini

1. small

Inflection

Declension of cleini (ja-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	cleini	cleini	cleini	cleina, cleine
accusative	cleinen	cleina	cleini	cleina, cleine
genitive	cleines	cleinero	cleines	cleinero
dative	cleinin, cleinemo	cleinero	cleinin, cleinemo	cleinon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	cleino	cleina	cleina	cleinon
accusative	cleinon	cleinon	cleina	cleinon
genitive	cleinin	cleinon	cleinin	cleinono
dative	cleinin	cleinon	cleinin	cleinon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cleine, clêne, clein, cleen
  • Dutch: klein, kleen (dialectal)
    • Afrikaans: klein
    • Jersey Dutch: klāin
    • Negerhollands: kleen, klen
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: klenk
  • Limburgish: klein

Further reading

• “klēni”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012