ain

See also: Ain, áin, aiŋ, -ain, a in, ain', and ain-

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• äin

Etymology

From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognate with German ein, Dutch een, English one, an, Swedish en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æin/

Numeral

ain m

1. (cardinal) one

See also

• ai f
• ais n

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Biem

Noun

ain

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

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Finnish

Noun

ain

1. Instructive plural form of aa.

Anagrams

• ani, nai

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Gothic

Romanization

ain

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

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Inari Sami

Adverb

ain

1. always
2. still

Further reading

• Entry 26453 in Álgu database

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Malay

ain

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aen/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• Rhymes: -aen, -en

Noun

ain (Jawi spelling عين‎, plural ain-ain, informal first-person possessive ainku, informal second-person possessive ainmu, third-person possessive ainnya)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Synonyms

• (organ): mata / مات‎

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Manx

Pronoun

ain

1. first-person plural of ec (at us)
2. (idiomatically) our

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Norman

Noun

ain m (plural ains)

1. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

• cro

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Related to Lule Sami ájn.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈajn/

Adverb

ain

1. still
2. even
3. yet

Further reading

• Entry 24670 in Álgu database

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anʲ/

Verb

·ain

1. third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

Related terms

• anais (absolute)

Verb

ain

1. second-person singular imperative of aingid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ain	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

• IPA^(key): /ɐjin/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English iron, from Middle English iren, a rhotacism of Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Gaulish īsarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Noun

ain

1. flatiron, clothes iron

Verb

ain

1. (intransitive) (neutral) to iron

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English irons.

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 Middle English aȝen, from Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from Old Norse eiginn (“own”). More at own.

Adjective

ain

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

   Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister

   Clap, clap handies / Mammie's wee, wee, ain.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English iron.

Noun

ain

1. iron; steel