tain
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
NounEdit
tain (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Thin tin plate
- (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Superlative of taka-.
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tain
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36/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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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | taimpani | taimpamme |
2nd person | taimpasi | taimpanne |
3rd person | taimpansa | |
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles. |
Less common:
Declension of tain (type sisin)
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SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of étain (“tin”).
NounEdit
tain m (plural tains)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
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. |