dain
Cimbrian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein, West Frisian dyn, English thine, Icelandic þinn.
Determiner
editdain (plural dain, bón/dar daindarn) (Sette Comuni) (familiar)
- your, thy
- De dain faméja is gròas. ― Your family is large.
- De dain hénte zeint plaabe. ― Your hands are blue.
- De dain triildar zeint ròat. ― Your lips are red.
- An prùudar bón daindarn ist ziich. ― One of your brothers is sick.
- yours, thine
- De khua ist dain. ― The cow is yours.
Usage notes
editThe following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:
- They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
- Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
- The plural ending is -en, or -∅ when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
- Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
- Following bon (“of”) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.
Inflection
editInflection of dain | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
daindar | daina | daines | daine | |
These inflections are only used in exclamations. |
See also
editPossessive determiners | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person | main | ögnar |
2nd person | dain | ôar |
3rd person | zain |
References
edit- “dain” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editdain
- Alternative form of deyne
Etymology 2
editNoun
editdain
- (East Anglia) Alternative form of theyn
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French dain.
Noun
editdain m (plural dains)
Synonyms
editDescendants
editNorthern Sami
editDeterminer
editdain
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (“deer, antelope”).
Noun
editdain oblique singular, m (oblique plural dainz, nominative singular dainz, nominative plural dain)
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- French: daim
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- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Old High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Old High German
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian determiners
- Cimbrian possessive determiners
- Sette Comuni Cimbrian
- Cimbrian terms with usage examples
- Middle English lemmas
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- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Northern Sami non-lemma forms
- Northern Sami determiner forms
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
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