säin

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See also: sain, saín, sæin, and sain-

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

säin

  1. instructive plural of säkä
  2. instructive plural of sää

Anagrams[edit]

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, West Frisian syn, Icelandic sinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

säin

  1. third-person masculine or neuter possessive pronoun, masculine or neuter object, nominative and accusative case: his, its.
    Dat ass säin neie Vëlo.
    That's his new bicycle.

Usage notes[edit]

  • As a result of the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

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