thin

siriri, marakauri

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'θɪn/

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Adjective

Positive thin

Comparative thinner

Superlative thinnest

Thin flowers

1. If something is thin, there is a short distance from one side to the other. <> siriri, marakauri

   I can hear the people in the other room because the wall is thin. <> ina jiyo mutanen a dayan dakin saboda bangon dakin siriri ne

   The man was very tall and thin as a stick. <> mutumin yana da tsawo san nan siriri ne kamar sanda

2. If something is thin it doesn't have a lot of stuff in it. <> siriri, marakauri

   The soup is too thin. It needs more flavour.

   His hair is quite thin on top. gashin kansa siriri ne

Synonyms

• narrow
• light

Antonyms

• thick
• wide
• fat
• heavy

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) thin

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) thins

Past tense (ya wuce) thinned

Past participle (ya wuce) thinned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) thinning

1. (transitive & intransitive) If something thins, there is less of it.

   After the show, the crowd thinned out quickly and only a few people stayed.

   My hair started thinning when I was 25.