nain

See also: Nain, NAIN, näin, and ŋăĭn

Finnish

Verb

nain

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of naida
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of naida

Anagrams

• Anni, Nina

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French

Etymology

From Old French nain, from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̃/

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Noun

nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)

1. dwarf
2. gnome (decorative, in a garden)

Derived terms

• nanomaniaque

See also

• pygmée m

Further reading

• “nain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Nina

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Ingrian

Etymology

From .

Noun

1. woman

Declension

Declension of nain (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	nain	naisiin
genitive	naizen	naissiia
partitive	naista	naisii
illative	naisee	naiziiz
inessive	naizeez	naizist
elative	naizest	naizille
allative	naizelle	naiziil
adessive	naizeel	naizilt
ablative	naizelt	naiziks
translative	naizeks	naissiin
essive	naisseen	{{{23}}}
exessive1)	naizet	{{{24}}}
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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Japanese

Romanization

nain

1. Rōmaji transcription of ナイン

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• nayn

Etymology

Old French nain.

Noun

nain m (plural nains)

1. dwarf

Descendants

• French: nain

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Old French

Alternative forms

• naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)

Etymology

From Latin nānus.

Noun

nain oblique singular, m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)

1. dwarf (mythical being)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     "Nains!", fet ele, "leisse m'aler!
     A cel chevalier vuel parler

     "Dwarf!" Said she "let me pass"
     It's to the knight that I wish to talk

2. midget

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Scots

Pronoun

nain

1. none

Adjective

nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)

1. (Shetland) own

   He was my nain bairn.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English nine.

Numeral

nain

1. nine

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also nainpela.

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Votic

Etymology

From .

Noun

nain

1. woman

Inflection

Declension of nain
	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	—	—
partitive	—	—
illative	—	—
inessive	—	—
elative	—	—
allative	—	—
adessive	—	—
ablative	—	—
translative	—	—
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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Welsh

Noun

nain f (plural neiniau, not mutable)

1. grandmother

Synonyms

• mam-gu