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interlinear
Word definitions for interlinear in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Medieval Latin interlinearis "that which is between the lines," from inter- (see inter- ) + Latin linearis (see linear ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interlineal \In`ter*lin"e*al\, Interlinear \In`ter*lin"e*ar\, a. Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly , ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. written between lines of text [syn: interlineal ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of text English) inserted between the lines of a text 2 having alternate lines of text in different languages n. such a text
Usage examples of interlinear.
This use of the allative may typically occur in connection with the verb caita- "lie", as in this sentence from the prose Namárië: Mornië caita i falmalinnar, "darkness lies on the foaming waves" (falma "foaming wave", here not only with the plural allative ending -nnar but also the "partitive plural" marker -li, in this context possibly implying a great number of waves: In his interlinear translation in RGEO:67, Tolkien analyzed falma-li-nnar as "foaming waves-many-upon").
The ablative may likewise indicate motion "out of" something rather than merely "from" it: The word sindanóriello occurring in Namárië Tolkien translated "out of a grey country" (though in the interlinear analysis in RGEO:67, he broke it down as sinda-nórie-llo, "grey-country-from").
A rather small number of books—tiny student octavo volumes of the usual Continental savants, their margins and interlinear spaces now caulked with his notes.