ain
Translingual
editSymbol
editain
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editain (plural ains)
- Alternative form of ayin (“Semitic letter”)
Etymology 2
editFrom (Scots) Middle English aȝen.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editain
- (Scotland) Own; belonging to one.
- 1998, Jonathan Langley, Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Bobby Shaftoe, page 86:
- Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
Combing down his yellow hair,
He's my ain for evermair,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.
Anagrams
editAlemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ein, from Old High German ain, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognate with German ein, Dutch een, English one, an, Swedish en.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editBiem
editNoun
editain
Further reading
edit- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdverb
editain (poetic)
- Alternative form of aina
- 1968, “Käymme yhdessä ain”, in Pertti Reponen (lyrics), Wolfgang Roloff (music), Tapani Kansa, performed by Tapani Kansa, Finnish cover of Dunja, du:
- Käymme yhdessä ain
Käymme aina rinnakkain
Vaikka esteitä on
Joskus tiellä kohtalon- We will always stay together
We will always stay side by side
Even if at times there are
obstacles on the road of fate
- We will always stay together
Etymology 2
editNoun
editain
- instructive plural of aa
Anagrams
editGerman Low German
editAlternative forms
editArticle
editain m or f (neuter air)
- (Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) a, an
- Wen duu ain aidits kaput mökst den giwt dröig tijd.
- If you kill a gecko, there will be drought.
Numeral
editain m or f (neuter air)
- (Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) one
- Sai hät blous ain kau.
- She has only one cow.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 76 [about the indefinite article, giving the nominative as masc. air, fem. ain, neut. air, compare with SHG masc./neut. ein, fem. eine with one form for masc. and neut. and another form for fem.] & 97 [about the cardinal, giving it as "1. ain(d)"]
- Ismael Tressmann, Dicionário Enciclopédico Pomerano-Português. Pomerisch-Portugijsisch Wöirbauk, 2006, p. 11 s.v. ain & air
Gothic
editRomanization
editain
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽
Inari Sami
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Northern Sami ain.
Adverb
editain
Further reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Ingrian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *aina. Cognates with Estonian aina and Finnish aina.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: ain
- Homophone: aine
Adverb
editain
- always, on and on
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:
- Koika puhtanna ain piä.
- Always keep your bed tidy.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
editItalian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editRomanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editain m or f (invariable)
- ayin
- the name of the Arabic-script letter ع
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter ע
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏
- the name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ
Further reading
edit- ain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editMalay
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿayVn-.
Pronunciation
edit- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /aen/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aɪn/
- Rhymes: -aen, -en
Noun
editain (Jawi spelling عين, plural ain-ain, informal 1st possessive ainku, 2nd possessive ainmu, 3rd possessive ainnya)
Synonyms
editManx
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editain (emphatic form ainyn)
Norman
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editain m (plural ains)
Synonyms
editNorthern Sami
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Inari Sami ain.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editain
Further reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old Frisian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *aigan. Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editāin
Descendants
edit- Saterland Frisian: oain
References
edit- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old High German
editNumeral
editain
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit·ain
Related terms
edit- anais (absolute)
Verb
editain
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Pohnpeian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English iron, from Middle English iren, a rhotacism of Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Gaulish īsarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).
Noun
editain
Verb
editain
- (intransitive) (neutral) to iron
Etymology 2
editNoun
editain
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English aȝen, from Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from Old Norse eiginn (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”). More at own.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editain
- Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.
- Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister
- c. 1915, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Real Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Illustration:
- Clap, clap handies
Mammie's wee, wee ain.- Clap, clap hands
Mommy's wee, wee own.
- Clap, clap hands
Synonyms
edit- nain (Shetland)
References
edit- “ain, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Tetum
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, compare Nias ahe and Malay kaki.
Noun
editain
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editNoun
editain
Votic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *aina.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editain
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aina”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Yucatec Maya
editNoun
editain
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English determiners
- English possessive determiners
- Scottish English
- English terms with quotations
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German numerals
- Alemannic German cardinal numbers
- Biem lemmas
- Biem nouns
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adverbs
- Finnish poetic terms
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish noun forms
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German articles
- Eastern Pomeranian Low German
- German Low German terms with usage examples
- German Low German pronouns
- German Low German cardinal numbers
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Inari Sami terms borrowed from Finnish
- Inari Sami terms derived from Finnish
- Inari Sami terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Inari Sami lemmas
- Inari Sami adverbs
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯n
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯n/1 syllable
- Ingrian terms with homophones
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adverbs
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Italian 1-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ajn
- Rhymes:Italian/ajn/1 syllable
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- it:Arabic letter names
- it:Hebrew letter names
- it:Phoenician letter names
- Malay terms derived from Arabic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/aen
- Rhymes:Malay/en
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Anatomy
- Manx terms with IPA pronunciation
- Manx non-lemma forms
- Manx prepositional pronouns
- Manx idioms
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Fishing
- Northern Sami terms borrowed from Finnish
- Northern Sami terms derived from Finnish
- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 1-syllable words
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami adverbs
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Frisian lemmas
- Old Frisian adjectives
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German numerals
- Alemannic Old High German
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms
- Pohnpeian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pohnpeian terms borrowed from English
- Pohnpeian terms derived from English
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Middle English
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Old English
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Gaulish
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Pohnpeian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Pohnpeian lemmas
- Pohnpeian nouns
- Pohnpeian verbs
- Pohnpeian intransitive verbs
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Scots terms derived from Old Norse
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots determiners
- Scots possessive determiners
- Scots terms with usage examples
- Scots terms with quotations
- Tetum terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tetum terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tetum lemmas
- Tetum nouns
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/ɑi̯n
- Rhymes:Votic/ɑi̯n/1 syllable
- Votic lemmas
- Votic adverbs
- Yucatec Maya lemmas
- Yucatec Maya nouns
- Yucatec Maya obsolete forms