lain

See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

lain

1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

   He had lain there for many hours.

   The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

Usage notes

• The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.

Translations

situated horizontally

• Dutch: gelegen (nl)
• German: gelegen (de)
• Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id), dibaringkan (id), terbaring (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 横になった (よこになった, yoko ni natta)
• Spanish: tumbado (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

Alternative forms

• lean, len (dialectal)

Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th–19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:

     Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, nail

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Basque

Noun

lain inan

1. part

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔin̪]

Adjective

lain

1. different

   Synonym: iba

Derived terms

• kalainan
• lainon
• maglain
• malain

 

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin (cf. Bikol Central lain, Indonesian lain and Malay lain).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔɪn̪]

Adjective

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

Determiner

lain

1. another, other

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Finnish

Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑin
• Syllabification^(key): lain

Adverb

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(.)in/, [ˈlɑ̝(.)in]
• Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
• Syllabification^(key): lain, la‧in

Noun

lain

1. inflection of laki:
   1. genitive singular
   2. instructive plural

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

Adjective

lain

1. other, another, else

   Saya rasa saya harus mencari pekerjaan lain.

   I think I must look for another job.

   Pasti ada cara lain untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.

   There must be another way to resolve this problem.

2. different, distinct

   Tingkah lakunya lain dari yang lain.

   His behavior is different from the others.

   Synonym: beda

3. next, second

Derived terms

Terms derived from lain

• berkelainan
• berlainan
• kelainan
• melaini

• melainkan
• memperlain
• memperlainkan
• perlainan

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laint

Etymology

From .

Noun

lain

1. wave

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• IPA^(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]

Adjective

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

1. other

   Orang lain

   Other people

2. different

   Lain dahulu lain sekarang...

   'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

Derived terms

• kelainan
• lain kali
• lain-lain
• melainkan
• selain

 

Further reading

• “lain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *lian

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Mansaka

Adjective

lain

1. other

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) len
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) lenn

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• laing

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/, [ˈlaː.ʔɪn̪]

Noun

lain

1. stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

Related terms

• laing

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English line.

Noun

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:

     Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

     →New International Version translation

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Welsh

Noun

lain

1. Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).