# ain
## Translingual
### Symbol

ain
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ainu.

## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ain (plural ains)
* Alternative form of ayin (“Semitic letter”)

### Etymology 2

From (Scots) Middle English aȝen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːn/

#### Determiner

ain
* (Scotland) Own; belonging to one.
** 1998, Jonathan Langley, Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Bobby Shaftoe, page 86:Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair, Combing down his yellow hair, He's my ain for evermair, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.

### Anagrams

* ani, ANI, Ina, -ian, Ani, nia, Ian, nai, INA, Nia, NIA

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* äin

### Etymology

From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ain, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognate with German ein, Dutch een, English one, an, Swedish en.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æin/

### Numeral

ain m (feminine ai, neuter ais)
* one

## Biem
### Noun

ain
* 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)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑ̝i̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑin
* Syllabification: ain

### Etymology 1

Apocope

#### Adverb

ain (poetic)
* Alternative form of aina
** 1968, “Käymme yhdessä ain”, in Pertti Reponen (lyrics), Wolfgang Roloff (music), Tapani Kansa, performed by Tapani Kansa, Finnish cover of Dunja, du:Käymme yhdessä ain Käymme aina rinnakkain Vaikka esteitä on Joskus tiellä kohtalonWe will always stay together We will always stay side by side Even if at times there are obstacles on the road of fate

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ain
* instructive plural of aa

### Anagrams

* ani, nai

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* een
* ein
* en

### Article

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ain m or f (neuter air)
* (Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) a, an
    Wen duu ain aidits kaput mökst den giwt dröig tijd.If you kill a gecko, there will be drought.

### Numeral

ain m or f (neuter air)
* (Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) one
    Sai hät blous ain kau.She has only one cow.

#### See also

* acht (“eight (8); eighth (8th)”)
* airst (“first (1st)”)

### Further reading

* Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 76 [about the indefinite article, giving the nominative as masc. air, fem. ain, neut. air, compare with SHG masc./neut. ein, fem. eine with one form for masc. and neut. and another form for fem.] & 97 [about the cardinal, giving it as "1. ain(d)"]
* Ismael Tressmann, Dicionário Enciclopédico Pomerano-Português. Pomerisch-Portugijsisch Wöirbauk, 2006, p. 11 s.v. ain & air

## Gothic
### Romanization

ain
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽

## Inari Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Northern Sami ain.

### Adverb

ain
* always
* still

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Ingrian
### Alternative forms

* aina, aine

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aina. Cognates with Estonian aina and Finnish aina.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
* Hyphenation: ain
* Homophone: aine

### Adverb

ain
* always, on and on
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:Koika puhtanna ain piä.Always keep your bed tidy.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:Geminatan möö ain kirjutamma kahel bukvaal.We always write geminates as two letters.

#### Synonyms

* ikkää

#### Derived terms

* ainaki

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 6
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 17
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 38

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* ayin, ayn

### Etymology

Romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈajn/
* Rhymes: -ajn
* Hyphenation: àin

### Noun

ain m or f (invariable)
* ayin
** the name of the Arabic-script letter ع
** the name of the Hebrew-script letter ע
** the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏
** the name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ

### Further reading

* ain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* -ina, ani

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿayVn-.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /aen/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /aɪn/
* Rhymes: -aen, -en

### Noun

ain (Jawi spelling عين, plural ain-ain, informal 1st possessive ainku, 2nd possessive ainmu, 3rd possessive ainnya)
* (anatomy) eye (organ)

#### Synonyms

* (organ): mata / مات

## Manx
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ain/

### Pronoun

ain (emphatic form ainyn)
* first-person plural of ec
    at us
* (idiomatic) our

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

ain m (plural ains)
* (Jersey) fishhook

#### Synonyms

* cro

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish aina, from Proto-Finnic *aina. Compare Inari Sami ain.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈajn/

### Adverb

ain
* still
* even
* yet

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* ēin

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan. Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːi̯n/

### Adjective

āin
* own

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: oain

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Old High German
### Numeral

ain
* (Alemannia) Alternative form of ein

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anʲ/

### Verb

·ain
* third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

#### Related terms

* anais (absolute)

### Verb

ain
* second-person singular imperative of aingid

### Mutation
## Pohnpeian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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”).

#### Noun

ain
* flatiron, clothes iron

#### Verb

ain
* (intransitive) (neutral) to iron

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English irons.

#### Noun

ain
* handcuffs, shackles, irons
    Polis kin doadoahngki ain.
       Policemen use handcuffs.

## Scots
### 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”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”). More at own.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːn/

### Determiner

ain
* Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.
    Ma ain dear sister ― My own dear sister
** c. 1915, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Real Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Illustration:Clap, clap handies Mammie's wee, wee ain.Clap, clap hands Mommy's wee, wee own.

#### Synonyms

* nain (Shetland)

### References

* “ain, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, compare Nias ahe and Malay kaki.

### Noun

ain
* leg

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English iron.

### Noun

ain
* iron; steel

## Votic
### Alternative forms

* ainõ

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aina.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈɑi̯n/, [ˈɑi̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
* Hyphenation: ain

### Adverb

ain
* always
* incessantly
* still, anyway, nevertheless
    Synonyms: taki, aintaki

#### Derived terms

* aintaki

### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aina”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Yucatec Maya
### Noun

ain
* Obsolete spelling of áayin.