ains

See also: -ains, AINs, and AI:ns

English

Noun

ains

1. plural of ain

Gothic

Romanization

ains

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ains.

Preposition

ains

1. before
2. but
   • Ce royaume ne seroit monarchie, ains aristocratie.

     Else the kingdom would not be a monarchy, but an aristocracy.

     (Antoine Duprat)

Descendants

• French: ains

Old French

Alternative forms

• aienz
• ainc
• ainz
• anc
• eins
• eintz
• einz
• enz
• heinz

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *antius, from Latin ante. Compare also Italian anzi, Catalan ans.

Preposition

ains

1. before

   ains ton jugement

   before your judgment

Descendants

• Middle French: ains
  • French: ains

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ains)
• ainz on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Prussian

Old Prussian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ains     Ordinal : pirmas

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aiˀnas from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Numeral

ains (feminine aina, neuter ainan)

1. one

References

• Old Prussian Glossary