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dain

See also: Dain, dáin, dàin, and däin

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein, West Frisian dyn, English thine, Icelandic þinn.

Determiner

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dain (plural dain, bón/dar daindarn) (Sette Comuni) (familiar)

  1. 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.
  2. yours, thine
    De khua ist dain. ― The cow is yours.

Usage notes

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The 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

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Inflection of dain
masculine feminine neuter plural
daindar daina daines daine
These inflections are only used in exclamations.

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Possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person main ögnar
2nd person dain ôar
3rd person zain

References

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  • “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

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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dain

  1. Alternative form of deyne

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dain

  1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of theyn

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French dain.

Noun

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dain m (plural dains)

  1. deer

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Descendants

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  • → Catalan: daina
  • French: daim

Northern Sami

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Determiner

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dain

  1. locative plural of dat

Old French

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (“deer, antelope”).

Noun

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dain oblique singular, m (oblique plural dainz, nominative singular dainz, nominative plural dain)

  1. deer

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