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nain

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Welsh nain (grandmother).

    Noun

    nain (plural nains)

    1. (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

    • 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.

    Basque

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /nai̯n/ [nãĩ̯n]
    • Rhymes: -ai̯n
    • Hyphenation: nain

    Verb

    nain

    1. 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

    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

    • 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

    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 singularm (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

    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

    Source: wiktionary.org