lain

See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

lain

1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

   He had lain there for many hours.

   The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

Usage notes

• The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.

Translations

situated horizontally

• Dutch: gelegen (nl)
• German: gelegen (de)
• Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id), dibaringkan (id), terbaring (id)
• Japanese: 横になった (よこになった, yoko ni natta)
• Spanish: tumbado (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

Alternative forms

• lean, len (dialectal)

Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th–19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:

     Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, nail

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
• Rhymes: -ai̯n
• Hyphenation: lain

Noun

lain inan

1. part

Declension

Declension of lain (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lain	laina	lainak
ergative	lainek	lainak	lainek
dative	laini	lainari	lainei
genitive	lainen	lainaren	lainen
comitative	lainekin	lainarekin	lainekin
causative	lainengatik	lainarengatik	lainengatik
benefactive	lainentzat	lainarentzat	lainentzat
instrumental	lainez	lainaz	lainez
inessive	lainetan	lainean	lainetan
locative	lainetako	laineko	lainetako
allative	lainetara	lainera	lainetara
terminative	lainetaraino	laineraino	lainetaraino
directive	lainetarantz	lainerantz	lainetarantz
destinative	lainetarako	lainerako	lainetarako
ablative	lainetatik	lainetik	lainetatik
partitive	lainik	—	—
prolative	laintzat	—	—

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/, [ˈl̪a.ʔin̪]
• Hyphenation: la‧in

Adjective

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. different

   Synonym: iba

Derived terms

• kalainan
• lain-lain
• lainon
• maglain
• malain

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin (cf. Bikol Central lain, Indonesian lain and Malay lain).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/, [ˈl̪a.ʔɪn̪]

Adjective

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

Determiner

lain

1. another, other

Finnish

Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑin
• Syllabification^(key): lain

Adverb

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

Further reading

• “lain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(.)in/, [ˈlɑ̝(.)in]
• Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
• Syllabification^(key): lain, la‧in

Noun

lain

1. inflection of laki:
   1. genitive singular
   2. instructive plural

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in

Adjective

lain

1. other, another, else

   Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.

   I should look for another job.

2. different, distinct

   Synonym: beda

   Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.

   His behavior is different from his friends.

3. (dated) except, unless

   Synonym: kecuali

Derived terms

Terms derived from lain

• berkelainan
• berlainan
• kelainan
• melaini
• melainkan
• memperlain
• memperlainkan
• perlainan

Further reading

• “lain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laint

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

Noun

lain

1. wave

Maguindanao

Adjective

lain

1. other

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]

Adjective

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

1. other

   Orang lain

   Other people

2. different

   Lain dahulu lain sekarang...

   'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

Derived terms

• kelainan
• lain kali
• lain-lain
• melainkan
• selain

 

Further reading

• “lain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*lian”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Mansaka

Adjective

lain

1. other

Romansch

Alternative forms

• len (Sutsilvan)
• lenn (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/, [ˈla.ʔɪn]
• Hyphenation: la‧in

Noun

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of laing: stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English line.

Noun

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:

     Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

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Welsh

Noun

lain

1. Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).