lain

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See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

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Inflected forms.

Verb

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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
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  • The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
  • The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.
Translations
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Etymology 2

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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

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Verb

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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

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯n
  • Hyphenation: lain

Noun

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lain inan

  1. part

Declension

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Declension of lain (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lain laina lainak
ergative lainek lainak lainek
dative laini lainari lainei
genitive lainen lainaren lainen
comitative lainekin lainarekin lainekin
causative lainengatik lainarengatik lainengatik
benefactive lainentzat lainarentzat lainentzat
instrumental lainez lainaz lainez
inessive lainetan lainean lainetan
locative lainetako laineko lainetako
allative lainetara lainera lainetara
terminative lainetaraino laineraino lainetaraino
directive lainetarantz lainerantz lainetarantz
destinative lainetarako lainerako lainetarako
ablative lainetatik lainetik lainetatik
partitive lainik — —
prolative laintzat — —

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. different
    Synonym: iba

Derived terms

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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lain

  1. distinct, different
  2. other

Determiner

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lain

  1. another, other

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lain

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

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lain

  1. other, another, else
    Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.
    I should look for another job.
  2. different, distinct
    Synonym: beda
    Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.
    His behavior is different from his friends.
  3. (dated) except, unless
    Synonym: kecuali

Derived terms

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Terms derived from lain

Further reading

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Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

Noun

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lain

  1. wave

Maguindanao

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Adjective

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lain

  1. other

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

  1. other
    Orang lain
    Other people
  2. different
    Lain dahulu lain sekarang...
    'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “lain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lian”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

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Adjective

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lain

  1. other

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

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lain m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tagalog

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Noun

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lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of laing: stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

Anagrams

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English line.

Noun

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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.”
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Welsh

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Noun

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lain

  1. Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).
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