nain

See also: näin, nai'n, and ŋăĭn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”).

Noun

nain (plural nains)

1. (North Wales) A grandmother.

   Synonym: mamgu (Southern)

   Coordinate term: taid

   • 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline‎^[1], archived from the original on 2018-01-04:

     Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.

See also

• tadcu

 

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English nine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /najn/

Numeral

nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)

1. nine

Synonyms

• chykhyw
• no

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Finnish

Verb

nain

1. first-person singular present/past indicative of naida

Anagrams

• Anni, Nina

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)

1. dwarf

   Antonym: géant

   Hypernym: petit

Derived terms

• ajonc nain
• bouleau nain
• fourmilier nain
• lancer de nain
• nain de jardin
• planète naine

 

Related terms

• nanifier
• nanisme
• nano-

Noun

nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)

1. dwarf

   Antonym: géant

2. gnome (decorative, in a garden)

Related 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

Ingrian

Nain.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) +‎ -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: nain

Noun

nain

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Declension of nain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nain	naiset
genitive	naisen	naisiin
partitive	naista, naist	naisia
illative	naisee	naisii
inessive	naisees	naisiis
elative	naisest	naisist
allative	naiselle	naisille
adessive	naiseel	naisiil
ablative	naiselt	naisilt
translative	naiseks	naisiks
essive	naisenna, naiseen	naisinna, naisiin
exessive1)	naisent	naisint
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.

Synonyms

• (wife): naisikko

Coordinate terms

• (woman): mees (“man”)
• (wife): mees (“husband”)

Derived terms

• emänain
• naiselikas
• naiselliin
• naiselokas
• naiseläjä
• naisiinpäivä
• naisikas
• naisikko
• naiskooma
• naissuku
• saunanain

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: nain

Verb

nain

1. inflection of naija:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular past indicative

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “найне”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 334
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 73

Japanese

Romanization

nain

1. Rōmaji transcription of ナイン

Middle French

Alternative forms

• nayn

Etymology

From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.

Noun

nain m (plural nains)

1. dwarf

Descendants

• French: nain

Old French

Alternative forms

• naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)

Etymology

From Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

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

1. dwarf (mythical being)
   • c. 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

Descendants

• Middle French: nain
  • French: nain

Scots

Etymology 1

From the prothetic n- +‎ ain, from the wrong division of mine ain as my nain.

Adjective

nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)

1. (Shetland) own

   He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.

Synonyms

• ain

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nain

1. Alternative spelling of nane

Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nain

Etymology

From English nine.

Numeral

nain

1. nine

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also nainpela.

Coordinate terms

Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	—	wan	tu	tri	foa	faiv	sikis	seven	et	nain
1—	ten	eleven	twelv	tetin	fotin	fiftin	sikistin	seventin	etin	naintin
2—	twenti	tupela ten wan	tupela ten tu	tupela ten tri	tupela ten foa	tupela ten faiv	tupela ten sikis	tupela ten seven	tupela ten et	tupela ten nain
3—	teti	tripela ten wan	tripela ten tu	tripela ten tri	tripela ten foa	tripela ten faiv	tripela ten sikis	tripela ten seven	tripela ten et	tripela ten nain
4—	foti	fopela ten wan	fopela ten tu	fopela ten tri	fopela ten foa	fopela ten faiv	fopela ten sikis	fopela ten seven	fopela ten et	fopela ten nain
5—	fifti	faivpela ten wan	faivpela ten tu	faivpela ten tri	faivpela ten foa	faivpela ten faiv	faivpela ten sikis	faivpela ten seven	faivpela ten et	faivpela ten nain
6—	sikisti	sikispela ten wan	sikispela ten tu	sikispela ten tri	sikispela ten foa	sikispela ten faiv	sikispela ten sikis	sikispela ten seven	sikispela ten et	sikispela ten nain
7—	seventi	sevenpela ten wan	sevenpela ten tu	sevenpela ten tri	sevenpela ten foa	sevenpela ten faiv	sevenpela ten sikis	sevenpela ten seven	sevenpela ten et	sevenpela ten nain
8—	eti	etpela ten wan	etpela ten tu	etpela ten tri	etpela ten foa	etpela ten faiv	etpela ten sikis	etpela ten seven	etpela ten et	etpela ten nain
9—	nainti	nainpela ten wan	nainpela ten tu	nainpela ten tri	nainpela ten foa	nainpela ten faiv	nainpela ten sikis	nainpela ten seven	nainpela ten et	nainpela ten nain

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: nain

Noun

nain

1. woman
2. wife

Inflection

Declension of nain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nain	naizõd
genitive	naizõ	naisiijõ, naisii
partitive	naissõ	naisiitõ, naisii
illative	naisõ, naisõsõ	naisiisõ
inessive	naizõz	naisiiz
elative	naizõssõ	naisiissõ
allative	naizõlõ	naisiilõ
adessive	naizõllõ	naisiillõ
ablative	naizõltõ	naisiiltõ
translative	naizõssi	naisiissi
*) 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

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *nanī, from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nai̯n/
• Rhymes: -ai̯n

Noun

nain f (plural neiniau)

1. (North Wales) grandmother

   Synonym: mam-gu

Usage notes

Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of nain to nhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also mam to mham for a similar example.

Coordinate terms

• tad-cu (“grandfather”)
• taid (“grandfather”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
nain	unchanged	unchanged	nhain△
△Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies