ain

Alternative forms

• äin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æin/

Numeral

ain m

1. (cardinal) one

Noun

ain

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Noun

ain

1. Instructive plural form of aa.

Anagrams

• ani, nai

Romanization

ain

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

Adverb

ain

1. always
2. still

Further reading

• Entry 26453 in Álgu database

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʿayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿayVn-.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aen/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɪn/
• Rhymes: -aen, -en

Noun

ain (Jawi spelling عين‎, plural ain-ain)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Pronoun

ain

1. first-person plural of ec (at us)
2. (idiomatically) our

Noun

ain m (plural ains)

1. (Jersey) fishhook

Etymology

Related to Lule Sami ájn.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈajn/

Adverb

ain

1. still
2. even
3. yet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anʲ/

Verb

·ain

1. third-person singular future / present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

Verb

ain

1. second-person singular imperative of aingid

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐjin/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English iron, from Middle English iren, a rhotacism of Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Gaulish īsarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English irons.

Alternative forms

• ayn
• awn, awin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English aȝen, from Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from Old Norse eiginn (“own”). More at own.

Adjective

ain

1. Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.

   Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister

Etymology

From English iron.

Noun

ain

1. iron; steel