lain
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inflected forms.
Verb
[edit]lain
- 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.
- (colloquial) past participle of lay (“to put down”)
- Synonym: laid
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)
- (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
[edit]Basque
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lain inan
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin (cf. Bikol Central lain, Indonesian lain and Malay lain).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lain
Determiner
[edit]lain
Finnish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See lainkaan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lain (not comparable)
Further reading
[edit]- “lain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.in/, [ˈlɑ̝.in]
- Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
- Hyphenation(key): lain, la‧in
Noun
[edit]lain
- inflection of laki:
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lain
- other, another, else
- Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.
- I should look for another job.
- different, distinct
- Synonym: beda
- Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.
- His behavior is different from his friends.
- (dated) except, unless
- Synonym: kecuali
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Livonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Courland) laint
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.
Noun
[edit]lain
Maguindanao
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lain
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Baku, Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /lain/
- (Perak) IPA(key): /laen/
- Rhymes: -ain, -in
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]
Adjective
[edit]lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)
- other
- Orang lain
- Other people
- different
- Lain dahulu lain sekarang...
- 'Twas different then, 'tis different now...
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lain
Romansch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.
Noun
[edit]lain m
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -aʔin
- Syllabification: la‧in
Noun
[edit]lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)
Anagrams
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lain
- line; row; queue
- 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.”
Welsh
[edit]Noun
[edit]lain
- Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/eɪn
- Rhymes:English/eɪn/1 syllable
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- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/ai̯n
- Rhymes:Basque/ai̯n/1 syllable
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Finnish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adverbs
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑ.in
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- Finnish non-lemma forms
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/ain
- Rhymes:Indonesian/in
- Indonesian lemmas
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- Livonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Rhymes:Malay/ain
- Rhymes:Malay/in
- Malay lemmas
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- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
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- Rumantsch Grischun
- Puter Romansch
- Vallader Romansch
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔin
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