gayn
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gayn
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse gegn; derived from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Doublet of gain.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gayn (comparative geyner, superlative gaynest)
- direct, straight, fast, expeditious
- gracious, helpful, unfailing, useful, good
- suiting the situation, apt, fit
- short
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “gein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Adverb[edit]
gayn
Descendants[edit]
- English: gain (obsolete, dialectal)
References[edit]
- “gein, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse gagn, from Proto-Germanic *gaganą, *gagną; reinforced by Middle French gain. Compare wayn.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gayn (plural gaines)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “gein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 3[edit]
Preposition[edit]
gayn
- Alternative form of gain (“against”)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gaigner (“to win, make money”).
Noun[edit]
gayn oblique singular, m (oblique plural gayns, nominative singular gayns, nominative plural gayn)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: wain, wayn, gain
- Gallo: gaen
- Picard: gaîn (Athois), gagnache (Ch'ti)
- Walloon: gagne (Charleroi)
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gayn
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: غ
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- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish noun forms
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- Middle English terms derived from Old Norse
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English doublets
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English adverbs
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- Middle English nouns
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- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
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