naine

See also: näine

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën. Cognates include Finnish nainen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯ne̞]
• Hyphenation: nai‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɑine

Noun

naine (genitive naise, partitive naist)

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Declension of naine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		naine	naised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	naise
genitive			naiste
partitive		naist	naisi
illative		naisse naisesse	naistesse naisisse
inessive		naises	naistes naisis
elative		naisest	naistest naisist
allative		naisele	naistele naisile
adessive		naisel	naistel naisil
ablative		naiselt	naistelt naisilt
translative		naiseks	naisteks naisiks
terminative		naiseni	naisteni
essive		naisena	naistena
abessive		naiseta	naisteta
comitative		naisega	naistega

References

• “naine”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Finnish

Verb

naine

1. present active potential connegative of naida

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛn/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

naine f (plural naines)

1. female equivalent of nain
2. (astronomy) dwarf star

Derived terms

• naine blanche
• naine brune
• naine noire
• naine rouge

Further reading

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

Karelian

Regional variants of naine

North Karelian (Viena)	naini
South Karelian (Tver)	naine

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën. Cognates include Finnish nainën and Veps naine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯nʲe/
• Hyphenation: nai‧ne

Noun

naine (genitive naizen, partitive naista)

1. (South Karelian) woman
2. (South Karelian) wife

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of naine (type 15/naine, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	naine	naizet
genitive	naizen	naizien
partitive	naista	naizie
illative	naizeh	naizih
inessive	naizešša	naizissa
elative	naizešta	naizista
adessive	naizella	naizilla
ablative	naizelda	naizilda
translative	naizekši	naiziksi
essive	naizena	naizina
comitative	naizenke	naizinke
abessive	naizetta	naizitta
prolative	naizečči	naizičči
instructive	—	naizin

Possessive forms of naine
1st person	naizeni
2nd person	naizeš
3rd person	naizeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “naine”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “naine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/
• Hyphenation: nai‧ne

Noun

naine (genitive naizen, partitive naistu)

1. woman
2. lady

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009), Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎^[2] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
• Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 178

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Veps naine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯nʲe/
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯nʲe
• Hyphenation: nai‧ne

Noun

naine

1. woman

Declension

Declension of naine (type 8c/naine, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	naine	naižed
genitive	naižen	naižiden
partitive	naišt	naižid
essive	naižen	naižin
instructive	—	naižin
inessive	naižes	naižiš
elative	naižespiä	naižišpiä
illative	naižeh	naižihe
adessive	naižel	naižil
ablative	naiželpiä	naižilpiä
allative	naižele	naižile
abessive	naižeta	naižita
prolative	naižeči	naižiči
translative	naižeks	naižikš
additive	naižehpiä	naižihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

• naižikaz

References

• Juho Kujola (1944), Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 259
• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 111

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

Noun

naine

1. woman
2. lady

Inflection

Inflection of naine (inflection type 27/toine)
nominative sing.	naine
genitive sing.	naižen
partitive sing.	našt
partitive plur.	naižid
	singular	plural
nominative	naine	naižed
accusative	naižen	naižed
genitive	naižen	naižiden
partitive	našt	naižid
essive-instructive	naižen	naižin
translative	naižeks	naižikš
inessive	naižes	naižiš
elative	naižespäi	naižišpäi
illative	naižehe naižhe	naižihe
adessive	naižel	naižil
ablative	naiželpäi	naižilpäi
allative	naižele	naižile
abessive	naižeta	naižita
comitative	naiženke	naižidenke
prolative	naštme	naižidme
approximative I	naiženno	naižidenno
approximative II	naižennoks	naižidennoks
egressive	naižennopäi	naižidennopäi
terminative I	naižehesai naižhesai	naižihesai
terminative II	naiželesai	naižilesai
terminative III	naižessai	—
additive I	naižehepäi naižhepäi	naižihepäi
additive II	naiželepäi	naižilepäi

Derived terms

• naižvald

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “дама, женщина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika