tain
English
Etymology
From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
References
- tain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Superlative of taka-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.in/, [ˈt̪ɑ.in]
- Rhymes: -ɑ.in
- Syllabification(key): ta‧in
Declension
| Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| accusative | nom. | tain | taimmat |
| gen. | taimman | ||
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten taimpainrare | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| inessive | taimmassa | taimmissa | |
| elative | taimmasta | taimmista | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| adessive | taimmalla | taimmilla | |
| ablative | taimmalta | taimmilta | |
| allative | taimmalle | taimmille | |
| essive | taimpana | taimpina | |
| translative | taimmaksi | taimmiksi | |
| instructive | — | taimmin | |
| abessive | taimmatta | taimmitta | |
| comitative | — | taimpine | |
| Possessive forms of tain (type sisin) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | taimpani | taimpamme |
| 2nd person | taimpasi | taimpanne |
| 3rd person | taimpansa | |
Less common:
Declension of tain (type sisin)
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Synonyms
French
Etymology
Alteration of étain (“tin”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galo
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanʲ/
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tain | thain | tain pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تعين (tayin).
Declension
Declension of tain
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) tain | tainul | (niște) tainuri | tainurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) tain | tainului | (unor) tainuri | tainurilor |
| vocative | tainule | tainurilor | ||
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