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nain

See also: näin, nai'n, and ŋăĭn

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”).[1]

    Noun

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    nain (plural nains)

    1. (North Wales) A grandmother.
      Synonym: mamgu (Southern)
      Coordinate term: taid
      • 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline‎[1], archived from the original on 2018-01-04:
        Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.

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    References

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    1. ^ “nain, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    Atong (India)

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    Etymology

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    From English nine.

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    nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)

    1. nine

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    Finnish

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    Verb

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    nain

    1. first-person singular present/past indicative of naida

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.

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    • IPA(key): /nɛ̃/
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    Adjective

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    nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)

    1. dwarf
      Antonym: géant
      Hypernym: petit

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    Noun

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    nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)

    1. dwarf
      Antonym: géant
    2. gnome (decorative, in a garden)
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    Ingrian

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    Nain.

    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) +‎ -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.

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    Noun

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    nain

    1. woman
    2. wife
    Declension
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    Declension of nain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
    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.
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    • (woman): mees (“man”)
    • (wife): mees (“husband”)
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    Verb

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    nain

    1. inflection of naija:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. first-person singular past indicative

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    • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “найне”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
    • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], 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[3], →ISBN, page 73

    Japanese

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    Romanization

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    nain

    1. Rōmaji transcription of ナイン

    Middle French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.

    Noun

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    nain m (plural nains)

    1. dwarf

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    • French: nain

    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    • naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)

    Etymology

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    From Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origin.

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    nain oblique singular, m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)

    1. dwarf (mythical being)
    2. midget

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    Scots

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    Etymology 1

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    From the prothetic n- +‎ ain, from the wrong division of mine ain as my nain.[1]

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    nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)

    1. (Shetland) own
      He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.
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    Pronoun

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    nain

    1. Alternative spelling of nane

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    1. ^ “nain” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

    Tok Pisin

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    Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
    90
     ←  8 9 10  → 
        Cardinal: nain

    Etymology

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    From English nine.

    Numeral

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    nain

    1. nine

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    Used when counting; see also nainpela.

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    Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99
    —0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
    0— — wan tu tri foa faiv sikis seven et nain
    1— ten eleven twelv tetin fotin fiftin sikistin seventin etin naintin
    2— twenti tupela ten wan tupela ten tu tupela ten tri tupela ten foa tupela ten faiv tupela ten sikis tupela ten seven tupela ten et tupela ten nain
    3— teti tripela ten wan tripela ten tu tripela ten tri tripela ten foa tripela ten faiv tripela ten sikis tripela ten seven tripela ten et tripela ten nain
    4— foti fopela ten wan fopela ten tu fopela ten tri fopela ten foa fopela ten faiv fopela ten sikis fopela ten seven fopela ten et fopela ten nain
    5— fifti faivpela ten wan faivpela ten tu faivpela ten tri faivpela ten foa faivpela ten faiv faivpela ten sikis faivpela ten seven faivpela ten et faivpela ten nain
    6— sikisti sikispela ten wan sikispela ten tu sikispela ten tri sikispela ten foa sikispela ten faiv sikispela ten sikis sikispela ten seven sikispela ten et sikispela ten nain
    7— seventi sevenpela ten wan sevenpela ten tu sevenpela ten tri sevenpela ten foa sevenpela ten faiv sevenpela ten sikis sevenpela ten seven sevenpela ten et sevenpela ten nain
    8— eti etpela ten wan etpela ten tu etpela ten tri etpela ten foa etpela ten faiv etpela ten sikis etpela ten seven etpela ten et etpela ten nain
    9— nainti nainpela ten wan nainpela ten tu nainpela ten tri nainpela ten foa nainpela ten faiv nainpela ten sikis nainpela ten seven nainpela ten et nainpela ten nain

    Votic

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

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    Noun

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    nain

    1. woman
    2. wife

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    Declension of nain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative nain naizõd
    genitive naizõ naisiijõ, naisii
    partitive naissõ naisiitõ, naisii
    illative naisõ, naisõsõ naisiisõ
    inessive naizõz naisiiz
    elative naizõssõ naisiissõ
    allative naizõlõ naisiilõ
    adessive naizõllõ naisiillõ
    ablative naizõltõ naisiiltõ
    translative naizõssi naisiissi
    *) 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.

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    • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    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).

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    nain f (plural neiniau)

    1. (North Wales) grandmother
      Synonym: mam-gu

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    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

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    • tad-cu (“grandfather”)
    • taid (“grandfather”)

    Mutation

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    Welsh mutation
    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.

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    • 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
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