nain
Atong (India) edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Finnish edit
Verb edit
nain
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)
Related terms edit
See also edit
- pygmée m
Further reading edit
- “nain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) + -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Noun edit
nain
Declension edit
Declension of nain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
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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 edit
- (wife): naisikko
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: nain
Verb edit
nain
- inflection of naija:
References edit
- 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 edit
Romanization edit
nain
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.
Noun edit
nain m (plural nains)
Descendants edit
- French: nain
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)
Etymology edit
From Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun edit
nain oblique singular, m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)
- dwarf (mythical being)
- c. 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"
- midget
Descendants edit
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the prothetic n- + ain, from the wrong division of mine ain as my nain.[1]
Adjective edit
nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
nain
- Alternative spelling of nane
References edit
- ^ “nain” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Tok Pisin edit
90 | ||
← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
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Cardinal: nain |
Etymology edit
Numeral edit
nain
Usage notes edit
Used when counting; see also nainpela.
Coordinate terms edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *nainën.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nain
Inflection edit
Declension of nain (type XII/sinin, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nain | naizõd |
genitive | naizõ | naizijõ, naizi |
partitive | naissõ | naizitõ, naizi |
illative | naizõ, naizõsõ | 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 (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
nain f (plural neiniau)
- (North Wales) grandmother
- Synonym: mam-gu
Usage notes edit
- The usual word for "grandmother" in the Welsh of South Wales is mam-gu.
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 edit
- 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