kin
part of speech
noun (kin — plural only); adjective (kin — formal, «related»)
meaning for a pupil
1) Kin means your family and relatives. tree →
2) Next of kin is your closest relative, often named on forms for emergencies. tree →
3) (old-fashioned) Kin can mean people or animals of the same kind. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Close relatives by blood, especially those whose marriage with you is forbidden. Interpretation: The laws of forbidden relations in Leviticus list which near kin one may not marry, and these rules still guide Jewish marriage law. In the primary lessons: In stories and history, kings and clans protected their kin; on forms, «next of kin»; in science, related animals; phrases: kith and kin (friends and family), next of kin.
examples
- None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. (Torah LEV.18.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; (Torah LEV.21.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity. (Torah LEV.20.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hospital called his next of kin. tree →
- They gathered all their kin for the wedding. tree →
- Kith and kin means friends and relatives. tree →
- Wolves protect their kin. tree →
- She is my kin; we share a great-grandmother. tree →
note
Takes a plural verb: «My kin are coming». Not «a kin». Related: kinship, kinsfolk. Old-fashioned and formal words in many uses.
In the corpora
- None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness.
- "kIn" means horse, and "kOnyk" means pony or little horse.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «kin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.