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3-letter words (2 found)

AIN,ANI,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,AN,IN,NA,

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ain ian ani nai ina nia

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Definitions and meaning of ain

ain

Translingual

Symbol

ain

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ainu.

Etymology 1

Noun

ain (plural ains)

  1. Alternative form of ayin (“Semitic letter”)

Etymology 2

From (Scots) Middle English aȝen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːn/

Determiner

ain

  1. (Scotland) Own; belonging to one.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • äin

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /æin/

Numeral

ain m (feminine ai, neuter ais)

  1. one

Biem

Noun

ain

  1. woman

Further reading

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑ̝i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑin
  • Syllabification(key): ain

Etymology 1

Apocope

Adverb

ain (poetic)

  1. Alternative form of aina

Etymology 2

Noun

ain

  1. instructive plural of aa

Anagrams

  • ani, nai

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • een
  • ein
  • en

Article

ain m or f (neuter air)

  1. (East Pomeranian in Brazil) a, an

Numeral

ain m or f (neuter air)

  1. (East Pomeranian in Brazil) one

See also

  • acht (“eight (8); eighth (8th)”)
  • airst (“first (1st)”)

Further reading

  • 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

Romanization

ain

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

Inari Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Northern Sami ain.

Adverb

ain

  1. always
  2. still

Further reading

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • aina, aine

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aina. Cognates with Estonian aina and Finnish aina.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: ain
  • Homophone: aine

Adverb

ain

  1. always, on and on

Synonyms

  • ikkää

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 6
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 17
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3], →ISBN, page 38

Italian

Alternative forms

  • ayin, ayn

Etymology

Romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈajn/
  • Rhymes: -ajn
  • Hyphenation: àin

Noun

ain m or f (invariable)

  1. ayin
    1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ع
    2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter ע
    3. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏
    4. the name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ

Further reading

  • ain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • -ina, ani

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿayVn-.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /aen/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aen, -en

Noun

ain (Jawi spelling عين, plural ain-ain, informal 1st possessive ainku, 2nd possessive ainmu, 3rd possessive ainnya)

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Synonyms

  • (organ): mata / مات

Manx

Pronoun

ain

  1. first-person plural of ec (at us)
  2. (idiomatic) our

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

ain m (plural ains)

  1. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

  • cro

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Inari Sami ain.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈajn/

Adverb

ain

  1. still
  2. even
  3. yet

Further reading

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • ēin

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan. Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːi̯n/

Adjective

āin

  1. own

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: oain

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German

Numeral

ain

  1. (Alemannia) Alternative form of ein

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anʲ/

Verb

·ain

  1. third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

Related terms

  • anais (absolute)

Verb

ain

  1. second-person singular imperative of aingid

Mutation

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐjin/

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

ain

  1. flatiron, clothes iron

Verb

ain

  1. (intransitive) (neutral) to iron

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English irons.

Noun

ain

  1. handcuffs, shackles, irons
    Polis kin doadoahngki ain.
    Policemen use handcuffs.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • ayn
  • awn, awin (obsolete)

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /eːn/

Determiner

ain

  1. Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.
    Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister

Synonyms

  • nain (Shetland)

References

  • “ain, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, compare Nias ahe and Malay kaki.

Noun

ain

  1. leg

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English iron.

Noun

ain

  1. iron; steel

Votic

Alternative forms

  • ainõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aina.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: ain

Adverb

ain

  1. always
  2. incessantly
  3. still, anyway, nevertheless
    Synonyms: taki, aintaki

References

  • 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

Noun

ain

  1. Obsolete spelling of áayin

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