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4-letter words (1 found)

NAIN,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIN,ANI,ANN,INN,NAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,AN,IN,NA,

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nain anin nian inan ainn iann nani anni nnai nnai anni nani nina inna nnia nnia inna nina ainn iann anin nain inan nian

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Definitions and meaning of nain

nain

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English nine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /najn/

Numeral

nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)

  1. nine

Synonyms

  • chykhyw
  • no

References

  • van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Finnish

Verb

nain

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of naida

Anagrams

  • Anni, Nina

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ̃/

Adjective

nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)

  1. dwarf
    Antonym: géant
    Hypernym: petit

Derived terms

Related terms

  • nanifier
  • nanisme
  • nano-

Noun

nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)

  1. dwarf
    Antonym: géant
  2. gnome (decorative, in a garden)

Related terms

  • nanomaniaque

See also

  • pygmée m

Further reading

  • “nain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • Nina

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) +‎ -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: nain

Noun

nain

  1. woman
  2. wife
Declension
Synonyms
  • (wife): naisikko
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

  1. inflection of naija:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular past indicative

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], 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[2], →ISBN, page 73

Japanese

Romanization

nain

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ナイン

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • nayn

Etymology

From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.

Noun

nain m (plural nains)

  1. dwarf

Descendants

  • French: nain

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)

  1. dwarf (mythical being)
  2. midget

Descendants

  • Middle French: nain
    • French: nain

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)

  1. (Shetland) own
    He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.
Synonyms
  • ain

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nain

  1. Alternative spelling of nane

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English nine.

Numeral

nain

  1. 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

  1. woman
  2. 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)

  1. (North Wales) grandmother
    Synonym: mam-gu

Usage notes

  • The usual word for "grandmother" in the Welsh of South Wales is 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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