dain

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See also: Dain, dáin, dàin, and däin

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein, West Frisian dyn, English thine, Icelandic þinn.

Determiner

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dain (plural dain, bón/dar daindarn) (Sette Comuni) (familiar)

  1. your, thy
    De dain faméja is gròas.Your family is large.
    De dain hénte zeint plaabe.Your hands are blue.
    De dain triildar zeint ròat.Your lips are red.
    An prùudar bón daindarn ist ziich.One of your brothers is sick.
  2. yours, thine
    De khua ist dain.The cow is yours.

Usage notes

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The following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:

  • They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
  • Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
    • The plural ending is -en, or -∅ when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
  • Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
  • Following bon (of) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.

Inflection

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Inflection of dain
masculine feminine neuter plural
daindar daina daines daine
These inflections are only used in exclamations.

See also

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Possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person main ögnar
2nd person dain ôar
3rd person zain

References

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  • “dain” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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dain

  1. Alternative form of deyne

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dain

  1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of theyn

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French dain.

Noun

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dain m (plural dains)

  1. deer

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: daina
  • French: daim

Northern Sami

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Determiner

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dain

  1. locative plural of dat

Old French

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (deer, antelope).

Noun

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dain oblique singularm (oblique plural dainz, nominative singular dainz, nominative plural dain)

  1. deer

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Descendants

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