# bain
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beɪn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪn

### Etymology 1

From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

#### Alternative forms

* bane

#### Adjective

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)
* (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
* (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
    That is the bainest way.
* (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

#### Adverb

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)
* (now chiefly dialectal) Readily; willingly.
* (now chiefly dialectal) Nearby; at hand.

#### Derived terms

* bainly

### Etymology 2

From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.

#### Alternative forms

* bane (obsolete)
* bayne (15th-17th centuries)

#### Noun

bain (plural bains)
* (obsolete) A bath.
** 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / […] / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Anagrams

* AIBN, Bian, Bina, IBAN, Iban, Nabi, bani, nabi, naib

## Bavarian
### Noun

bain ?
* (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) wine

### References

* Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* boi

### Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.

### Noun

bain m
* (Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) wine
    Dar bain ist och gamacht mettar baimarn. ― The wine is also made with grapes. (Sette Comuni dialect)

### References

* “bain” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bain m (plural bains)
* bath

#### Derived terms

* bain bouillonnant
* bain de bouche
* bain de foule
* bain de foule
* bain de glace
* bain de minuit
* bain de pieds
* bain de sang
* bain de soleil
* bain marie
* bain tourbillon
* bonnet de bain
* chambre à bain
* jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
* maillot de bain
* salle de bain
* se remettre dans le bain
* serviette de bain
* sortie de bain

#### Related terms

* baigner
* balnéaire

### Further reading

* “bain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Compare Pangasinan baing

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈʔin/ [bɐˈʔin]
* Hyphenation: ba‧in

### Noun

baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)
* shame

#### Derived terms

* bainen
* ibain
* mabain
* mabainan
* mamain
* pabainan

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* bean

### Etymology

From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”) and bongaid (“break, cut”),

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Ulster) IPA: /bˠɪnʲ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /bˠanʲ/, /bˠænʲ/

### Verb

bain (present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (transitive, intransitive)
* extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 60:wȧn šē fatī əńḗ, ńī raudr̥ gə dønə[Bhain sé fataí inné, ní rabhadar go dona.]He dug up potatoes yesterday, they weren’t bad.
* separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
* release from socket; open
* release from source; shed
* release sound; strike
* agitate
* release from hold; lift
* win
* become due

#### Inflection

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bainim | baineann tú; bainir$^†$ | baineann sé, sí | bainimid | baineann sibh | baineann siad; bainid$^†$ | a bhaineann; a bhaineas / a mbaineann* | baintear |
| indicative | past | bhain mé; bhaineas | bhain tú; bhainis | bhain sé, sí | bhaineamar; bhain muid | bhain sibh; bhaineabhair | bhain siad; bhaineadar | a bhain / ar bhain* | baineadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhaininn / mbaininn‡‡ | bhainteá / mbainteá‡‡ | bhaineadh sé, sí / mbaineadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhainimis; bhaineadh muid / mbainimis‡‡; mbaineadh muid‡‡ | bhaineadh sibh / mbaineadh sibh‡‡ | bhainidís; bhaineadh siad / mbainidís‡‡; mbaineadh siad‡‡ | a bhaineadh / a mbaineadh* | bhaintí / mbaintí‡‡ |
| future | future | bainfidh mé; bainfead | bainfidh tú; bainfir$^†$ | bainfidh sé, sí | bainfimid; bainfidh muid | bainfidh sibh | bainfidh siad; bainfid$^†$ | a bhainfidh; a bhainfeas / a mbainfidh* | bainfear |
| conditional | conditional | bhainfinn / mbainfinn‡‡ | bhainfeá / mbainfeá‡‡ | bhainfeadh sé, sí / mbainfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhainfimis; bhainfeadh muid / mbainfimis‡‡; mbainfeadh muid‡‡ | bhainfeadh sibh / mbainfeadh sibh‡‡ | bhainfidís; bhainfeadh siad / mbainfidís‡‡; mbainfeadh siad‡‡ | a bhainfeadh / a mbainfeadh* | bhainfí / mbainfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go mbaine mé; go mbainead$^†$ | go mbaine tú; go mbainir$^†$ | go mbaine sé, sí | go mbainimid; go mbaine muid | go mbaine sibh | go mbaine siad; go mbainid$^†$ | — | go mbaintear |
| subjunctive | past | dá mbaininn | dá mbainteá | dá mbaineadh sé, sí | dá mbainimis; dá mbaineadh muid | dá mbaineadh sibh | dá mbainidís; dá mbaineadh siad | — | dá mbaintí |
| imperative | imperative | bainim | bain | baineadh sé, sí | bainimis | bainigí; bainidh$^†$ | bainidís | — | baintear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | baint | baint | baint | baint | baint | baint | baint | baint |
| past participle | past participle | bainte | bainte | bainte | bainte | bainte | bainte | bainte | bainte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* bain amach
* bain aníos
* bain anuas
* bain ar
* bain as
* bain chuig
* bain chun
* bain de
* bain do
* bain faoi
* bain le
* bain ó
* bain siar as
* bain spórt as
* bain sult as
* bain taitneamh as

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “boingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

bain
* shame

### Adjective

bain
* bashful; shy

## Romansch
### Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

#### Adverb

bain
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)

##### Alternative forms

* bein (Sursilvan)
* bagn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

##### Derived terms

* bainschi

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bain m (plural bains)
* (Puter, Vallader) farm

##### Alternative forms

* bein (Sursilvan)

##### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
* (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
* (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
* (Surmiran) curt purila