bain

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[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

  • bayne (15th-17th centuries)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French bain, from Latin balneum.

[edit] Noun

Singular
bain

Plural
bains

bain (plural bains)

  1. (obsolete) A bath.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
      So uppon a day the quene and La Beale Isode made a bayne for Sir Tramtryste, and whan he was in his bayne, the quene and Isode, hir doughter, romed up and downe in the chambir the whyles Governayle and Hebes attendede uppon Sir Tramtryste.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin balneum

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

bain m. (plural bains)

  1. bath

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“‘beat, strike’”) and Old Irish boingid (“‘break, cut’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [bˠanʲ], [bˠɪnʲ]

[edit] Verb

bain

  1. to extract
  2. to cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), to mow

[edit] Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present bainim baineann tú;
bainir†		 baineann sé, sí bainimid baineann sibh baineann siad;
bainid†		 baintear
past bhain mé;
bhaineas†		 bhain tú;
bhainis†		 bhain sé, sí bhaineamar bhain sibh;
bhaineabhair†		 bhain siad;
bhaineadar†		 baineadh
future bainfidh mé;
bainfead†		 bainfidh tú;
bainfir†		 bainfidh sé, sí bainfimid;
bainfeam†		 bainfidh sibh bainfidh siad;
bainfid†		 bainfear
past habitual bhaininn bhainteá bhaineadh sé, sí bhainimis bhaineadh sibh bhainidís bhaintí
imperative bainim bain baineadh sé, sí bainimis bainigí bainidís baintear
conditional bhainfinn bhainfeá bhainfeadh sé, sí bhainfimis bhainfeadh sibh bhainfidís bhainfí
subjunctive present baine mé;
bainead†		 baine tú;
bainir†		 baine sé, sí bainimid baine sibh baine siad;
bainid†		 baintear
past baininn bainteá baineadh sé, sí bainimis baineadh sibh bainidís baintí
verbal noun baint
past participle bainte

† Dialect form

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bain bhain mbain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

Latin bene

[edit] Adverb

bain

  1. well
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