vaina
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vaina
Further reading edit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vēna. Compare Romansch avaina, Italian vena, Romanian vână, French veine.
Pronunciation edit
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vaina f
Latvian edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wei-, *wai- (with an added suffix -nā-), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to move, go ahead; to be strong”).
Cognates include Lithuanian vainóti (“to criticize, to scold”) (compare archaic Lithuanian vaina (“error, transgression”)), Old Prussian etwinūt (“to blame”) (maybe a borrowing from Slavic), Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian вина́ (viná), Belarusian віна́ (viná, “fault, guilt, transgression”).[1]
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Noun edit
vaina f (4th declension)
- fault, guilt (an offense punishable according to the law; behavior or conduct with bad consequences)
- pierādīta vaina ― proven guilt
- vainas apziņa ― awareness of guilt
- neapzināties savu vainu ― to be unaware of, not acknowledge one's guilt
- atzīt savu vainu ― to plead guilty
- noliegt savu vainu ― to deny one's guilt, to plead not guilty
- vainu mīkstinoši apstākļi ― mitigating circumstances
- vainu pastiprinoši apstākļi ― aggravating circumstances
- būt pie vainas ― to be to blame
- defect, imperfection, flaw, fault
- viņa darbs ir bez vainas ― his work is without flaw
- tā ir maza vaina! ― this is a small flaw!
- šai drānai nav nekādas vainas ― this fabric has no flaw
- kas uzvalkam vaina? ― what is the problem with the suit?
- aparātam ir kāda vaina, ka tas nedarbojas ― the machine has some problem, it doesn't work
- disease, ailment, wound
- viņi visas vainas ārstējot ar zāļu tējām' ― they treat all diseases with herbal teas
- sūdzēties par visādām vainām ― to complain about all kinds of ailments
- izmazgāt vainas ― to wash one's wounds
- cause
- ja viņš nestrādā, tad tā ir tikai slinkuma vaina ― if he doesn't work, it is only because of laziness
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Declension of vaina (4th declension)
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References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vaina”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). Doublet of vagina.
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Noun edit
vaina f (plural vainas)
- (botany) pod
- scabbard, sheath
- case, casing
- 2005, Vsevolod Smirnoff, Recuerdos de una astilla, page 11:
- Entre los dos yacía en el piso una vaina de cartucho de revólver.
- On the floor between the two lay a revolver cartridge case.
- (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Panama, colloquial) thing, gadget
- (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, colloquial) hickey
- (slang) worthless person
- (Aragón, Asturias, Basque Country, Burgos, La Rioja, Navarre) green bean
- Synonyms: judía verde, poroto verde
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Further reading edit
- “vaina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014