tain
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tain (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- tain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Superlative of taka-.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tain
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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nominative | tain | taimmat | |
genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten | |
partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tain | taimmat | |
accusative | nom. | tain | taimmat |
gen. | taimman | ||
genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten taimpainrare | |
partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
inessive | taimmassa | taimmissa | |
elative | taimmasta | taimmista | |
illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
adessive | taimmalla | taimmilla | |
ablative | taimmalta | taimmilta | |
allative | taimmalle | taimmille | |
essive | taimpana | taimpina | |
translative | taimmaksi | taimmiksi | |
instructive | — | taimmin | |
abessive | taimmatta | taimmitta | |
comitative | — | taimpine |
Possessive forms of tain (type sisin) | ||
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Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | taimpani | taimpamme |
2nd person | taimpasi | taimpanne |
3rd person | taimpansa |
Less common:
Declension of tain (type sisin)
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SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of étain (“tin”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tain m (plural tains)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GaloEdit
NounEdit
tain
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.
NumeralEdit
tain
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tain
- inflection of tan:
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tain | thain | tain pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تعين (tayin).
NounEdit
tain n (plural tainuri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tain
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tain | tainul | (niște) tainuri | tainurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) tain | tainului | (unor) tainuri | tainurilor |
vocative | tainule | tainurilor |