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bain

See also: Bain and bain-

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

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Adjective

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bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
    That is the bainest way.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

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bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Readily; willingly.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Nearby; at hand.

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Etymology 2

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From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.

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bain (plural bains)

  1. (obsolete) A bath.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
      THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / […] / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst
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Bavarian

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bain ?

  1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) wine

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.

Noun

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bain m

  1. (Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) wine
    Dar bain ist och gamacht mettar baimarn. ― The wine is also made with grapes. (Sette Comuni dialect)

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  • “bain” 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
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagne.

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Noun

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bain m (plural bains)

  1. bath

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Compare Pangasinan baing

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈʔin/ [bɐˈʔin]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧in

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baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. shame

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Irish

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Etymology

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From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”) and bongaid (“break, cut”),[1] [2]

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Verb

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bain (present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (ambitransitive)

  1. extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 60:
      wȧn šē fatī əńḗ, ńī raudr̥ gə dønə
      [Bhain sé fataí inné, ní rabhadar go dona.]
      He dug up potatoes yesterday, they weren’t bad.
  2. separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
  3. release from socket; open
  4. release from source; shed
  5. release sound; strike
  6. agitate
  7. release from hold; lift
  8. win
  9. become due

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conjugation of bain (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun baint
past participle bainte
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present bainim baineann tú;
bainir† 		baineann sé, sí bainimid baineann sibh baineann siad;
bainid† 		a bhaineann; a bhaineas /
a mbaineann* 		baintear
past bhain mé; bhaineas bhain tú; bhainis bhain sé, sí bhaineamar; bhain muid bhain sibh; bhaineabhair bhain siad; bhaineadar a bhain /
ar bhain* 		baineadh
past habitual bhaininn / mbaininn‡‡ bhainteá / mbainteᇇ bhaineadh sé, sí / mbaineadh sé, s퇇 bhainimis; bhaineadh muid / mbainimis‡‡; mbaineadh muid‡‡ bhaineadh sibh / mbaineadh sibh‡‡ bhainidís; bhaineadh siad / mbainidís‡‡; mbaineadh siad‡‡ a bhaineadh /
a mbaineadh* 		bhaintí / mbaint퇇
future bainfidh mé;
bainfead 		bainfidh tú;
bainfir† 		bainfidh sé, sí bainfimid;
bainfidh muid 		bainfidh sibh bainfidh siad;
bainfid† 		a bhainfidh; a bhainfeas /
a mbainfidh* 		bainfear
conditional bhainfinn / mbainfinn‡‡ bhainfeá / mbainfeᇇ bhainfeadh sé, sí / mbainfeadh sé, s퇇 bhainfimis; bhainfeadh muid / mbainfimis‡‡; mbainfeadh muid‡‡ bhainfeadh sibh / mbainfeadh sibh‡‡ bhainfidís; bhainfeadh siad / mbainfidís‡‡; mbainfeadh siad‡‡ a bhainfeadh /
a mbainfeadh* 		bhainfí / mbainf퇇
subjunctive
present go mbaine mé;
go mbainead† 		go mbaine tú;
go mbainir† 		go mbaine sé, sí go mbainimid;
go mbaine muid 		go mbaine sibh go mbaine siad;
go mbainid† 		— go mbaintear
past dá mbaininn dá mbainteá dá mbaineadh sé, sí dá mbainimis;
dá mbaineadh muid 		dá mbaineadh sibh dá mbainidís;
dá mbaineadh siad 		— dá mbaintí
imperative
– bainim bain baineadh sé, sí bainimis bainigí;
bainidh† 		bainidís — baintear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bain
radical lenition eclipsis
bain bhain mbain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “boingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Limos Kalinga

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bain

  1. shame

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bain

  1. bashful; shy

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Etymology 1

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From Latin bene.

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bain

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
  3. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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bain m (plural bains)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) farm
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