nain
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English nine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /najn/
Numeral
nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of naida
- first-person singular past indicative of naida
Anagrams
- Anni, Nina
French
Etymology
From Old French nain, from Latin nānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ̃/
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Adjective
nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)
- dwarf
- Hypernym: petit
- Antonym: géant
Derived terms
- ajonc nain
- bouleau nain
- fourmilier nain
- lancer de nain
- nain de jardin
- planète naine
Related terms
- nanifier
- nanisme
- nano-
Noun
nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)
- dwarf
- Antonym: géant
- 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 *nainen, 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: -ɑi̯ne, -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Noun
nain
- woman
- wife
Declension
| Declension of nain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nain | naiset |
| genitive | naisen | naisiin |
| partitive | naista, naist | naisia |
| illative | naisee | naisii |
| inessive | naisees | naisiis |
| elative | naisest | naisist |
| allative | naiselle | naisille |
| adessive | naiseel | naisiil |
| ablative | naiselt | naisilt |
| translative | naiseks | naisiks |
| essive | naisenna, naiseen | naisinna, naisiin |
| exessive1) | naisent | naisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
- (wife): naisikko
Coordinate terms
- (woman): mees (“man”)
- (wife): mees (“husband”)
Derived terms
- naisikko
- naiskooma
- saunanain
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
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, 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, →ISBN, page 73
Japanese
Romanization
nain
- 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)
- 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 m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)
- dwarf (mythical being)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- "Nains!", fet ele, "leisse m'aler!
A cel chevalier vuel parler- "Dwarf!" Said she "let me pass"
It's to the knight that I wish to talk
- "Dwarf!" Said she "let me pass"
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- 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.[1]
Adjective
nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)
- (Shetland) own
- He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.
Synonyms
- ain
Pronoun
nain
- Alternative spelling of nane
References
- “nain” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English nine.
Numeral
nain
- nine
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also nainpela.
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nainen.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnɑin/, [ˈnɑin]
- Rhymes: -ɑin
- Hyphenation: nain
Noun
nain
- woman
- wife
Inflection
| Declension of nain (type XII/sinin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nain | naizõd |
| genitive | naizõ | naizije, naizijõ, naizi |
| partitive | naissõ | naizitõ, naizi |
| illative | naizõ, naizõsõ | naizije, naizijõ, naizisõ |
| inessive | naizõz | naiziz |
| elative | naizõssõ | naizissõ |
| allative | naizõlõ | naizilõ |
| adessive | naizõllõ | naizillõ |
| ablative | naizõltõ | naiziltõ |
| translative | naizõssi | naizissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 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
- 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
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| nain | unchanged | unchanged | nhain△ |
| △Irregular. | |||
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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