Definitions and meaning of nain
nain
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”).
Noun
nain (plural nains)
- (North Wales) A grandmother.
- Synonym: mamgu (Southern)
- Coordinate term: taid
See also
References
Anagrams
- Inna, inna, nani, Nian, NINA, Nina, nina
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English nine.
Pronunciation
Numeral
nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)
- nine
Synonyms
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nai̯n/ [nãĩ̯n]
- Rhymes: -ai̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Verb
nain
- Feminine allocutive form of nau.
Usage notes
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.
Finnish
Verb
nain
- first-person singular present/past indicative of naida
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)
- dwarf
- Antonym: géant
- Hypernym: petit
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)
- dwarf
- Antonym: géant
- gnome (decorative, in a garden)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “nain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) + -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.
Pronunciation
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- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Noun
nain
- woman
- wife
Declension
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (woman): mees (“man”)
- (wife): mees (“husband”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
-
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Verb
nain
- inflection of naija:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular past indicative
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “найне”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 334
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[3], →ISBN, page 73
Japanese
Romanization
nain
- Rōmaji transcription of ナイン
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.
Noun
nain m (plural nains)
- dwarf
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
- naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)
Etymology
From Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
nain oblique singular, m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)
- dwarf (mythical being)
- midget
Descendants
Scots
Etymology 1
From the prothetic n- + ain, from the wrong division of mine ain as my nain.
Adjective
nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)
- (Shetland) own
- He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Pronoun
nain
- alternative spelling of nane
References
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English nine.
Numeral
nain
- nine
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also nainpela.
Coordinate terms
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nainën.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Noun
nain
- woman
- wife
Inflection
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *nanī, from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nai̯n/
- Rhymes: -ai̯n
Noun
nain f (plural neiniau)
- (North Wales) grandmother
- Synonym: mam-gu
Usage notes
Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of nain to nhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also mam to mham for a similar example.
Coordinate terms
- tad-cu (“grandfather”)
- taid (“grandfather”)
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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