payn

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pain.

Noun

payn m (plural paynys)

1. pain

   Synonym: dolor

Derived terms

• dibayn (“painless”)
• payna, paynya (“pain”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of payn

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
payn	bayn	fayn	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “payn” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).

Noun

payn

1. bread

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Alternative forms

• pain, paine, payn, pein

Synonyms

• bred

Descendants

• English: pain (obsolete)

References

• “pain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

payn

1. alternative form of pane (“textile”)

References

• “payn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 3

Noun

payn

1. alternative form of payen (“pagan”)