ain

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

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• äin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æin/

Numeral

ain m (feminine ai, neuter ais)

1. one

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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.

Adverb

ain

1. (poetic) Synonym of aina

Anagrams

• ani, nai

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Gothic

Romanization

ain

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

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Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ain

1. always
2. still

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aina. Cognates with Estonian aina and Finnish aina

Adverb

ain

1. always, on and on

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Italian

Alternative forms

• ayin, ayn

Etymology

Romanization of Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajn/
• Hyphenation: àin

Noun

ain m or f (invariable)

1. ayin
   1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ع‎
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ע
   3. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏
   4. The name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ

References

• ain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Malay

ain

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Etymology

(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

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Lule Sami ájn.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈajn/

Adverb

ain

1. still
2. even
3. yet

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old High German

Numeral

ain

1. (Alemannic) Alternative form of ein

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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”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“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

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

ain

1. Obsolete spelling of áayin