sain

See also: Sain, saín, säin, and sain-

English

Etymology

From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

sain (third-person singular simple present sains, present participle saining, simple past and past participle sained)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
2. (intransitive, obsolete except in Scots) To make the sign of the cross.
3. (transitive, archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.

   Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.

   • 1889, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (transl.), Agamemnon, page 57 in The House of Atreus, 2nd edition,

     Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.

   • 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:

     The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.

Anagrams

• ANSI, ASIN, ISNA, Isan, Nias, Sian, Sina, anis, as in, nasi, nasi', nias

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Bavarian

Verb

sain

1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) to be

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧in

Adverb

sain

1. which

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• zèinan, soin

Etymology

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”). Cognate with German sein.

Verb

sain

1. (Tredici Comuni) to be

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Estonian

Verb

sain

1. First-person singular past form of saama.

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Finnish

Verb

sain

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of saada

Anagrams

• Sian, anis, nais, nais-, sian

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French

Etymology

From Old French sain, from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/

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• Homophones: sains, saint, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Adjective

sain (feminine saine, masculine plural sains, feminine plural saines)

1. healthy; in good health
2. healthful; beneficial to health of body or mind.

Related terms

• santé
• sanitaire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• anis, nais, nias

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Middle English

Verb

sain

1. Alternative form of seien

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sānus.

Adjective

sain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular saine)

1. healthy; in good health

Descendants

• French: sain

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin suīnus.

Noun

sain n (plural sainuri)

1. (archaic) pork meat

See also

• porc
• carne

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) sein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

Etymology

From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).

Noun

sain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) breast (of a woman)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
• (Sutsilvan) péz
• (Puter, Vallader) pet

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English (whence also English sain), from Old English, from Latin. Cognate to Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).

Verb

sain

1. to bless or consecrate
2. to make the sign of the cross, to genuflect

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai̯n/

Noun

sain f (plural seiniau, not mutable)

1. sound

Derived terms

• atsain (“echo”)
• cytsain (“consonant”)
• deusain (“diphthong”)
• persain (“symphony”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
sain	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , *sainijaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. well late; arriving late; sluggish, tardy