sain

Etymology

From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Latin signō, from signum.^[1][2] 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.

References

Anagrams

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

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.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧in

Adverb

sain

1. which

Verb

sain

1. (Thirteen Communities) 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

Verb

sain

1. First-person singular past form of saama.

Verb

sain

1. First-person singular indicative past form of saada.

Anagrams

• anis, nais, nais-, sian

Etymology

From Old French sain, from Latin sānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/

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

Adjective

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

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

Further reading

• “sain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• anis, nais, nias

Verb

sain

1. Alternative form of seien

Etymology

From Latin sānus.

Adjective

sain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular saine)

1. healthy; in good health

Etymology

From Latin suīnus.

Noun

sain n (plural sainuri)

1. (archaic) pork meat

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)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai̯n/

Noun

sain f (plural seiniau)

1. sound

Mutation

Alternative forms

• sein

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz.