mäin

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Finnish

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Noun

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mäin

  1. instructive plural of mäki

Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, West Frisian myn, English my, mine, Icelandic minn.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mäin

  1. my, mine
    Dat ass mäin Hond — That is my dog
    Hien ass mäi Brudder — He is my brother

Usage notes

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  • 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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