ain

See also: Ain, -ain, and áin

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• äin

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /æin/

Numeral

ain m

1. (deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) one

See also

• ai (feminine)
• ais (neuter)

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Finnish

Noun

ain

1. (deprecated template usage) instructive plural of aa

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Gothic

Romanization

ain

1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

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Inari Sami

Adverb

ain

1. always
2. still

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Malay

ain

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) عين (ʕayn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿayVn-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /aen/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aen, -en

Noun

ain (Jawi spelling عين, plural ain-ain, informal 1st possessive ainku, 2nd possessive ainmu, 3rd possessive ainnya)

1. (deprecated template usage) (anatomy) eye (organ)

Synonyms

• (organ): mata / مات

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Manx

Pronoun

ain

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person plural of ec (at us)
2. (idiomatic) our

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Norman

Etymology

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ain m (plural ains)

1. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

• cro

(deprecated template usage)

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Northern Sami

Adverb

ain

1. still

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /anʲ/

Verb

·ain

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

Related terms

• anais (absolute)

Verb

ain

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person singular imperative of aingid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɐin/

Etymology

Template:borrowing, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) iren, a rhotacism of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish īsarno-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, a derivation from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Noun

ain

1. flatiron, clothes iron

Verb

ain

1. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) (deprecated template usage) (neutral) to iron

Noun

ain

1. handcuffs, shackles, irons

   Polis kin doadoahngki ain.

   Policemen use handcuffs.

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Scots

Alternative forms

• ayn
• awn, awin (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English aȝen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse eiginn (“own”). More at own.

Adjective

ain

1. Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.