# nain
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”).

### Noun

nain (plural nains)
* (North Wales) A grandmother.
    Synonym: mamgu (Southern)
    Coordinate term: taid
** 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline‎, archived from the original on 2018-01-04:Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.

#### See also

* tadcu

### References

* ↑ “nain, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* Inna, inna, nani, Nian, NINA, Nina, nina

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From English nine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /najn/

### Numeral

nain (Bengali script নায়্ন or নাইন)
* nine

#### Synonyms

* chykhyw
* no

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

## Finnish
### Verb

nain
* first-person singular present/past indicative of naida

### Anagrams

* Anni, Nina

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French nain, from Latin nānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

nain (feminine naine, masculine plural nains, feminine plural naines)
* dwarf
    Antonym: géant
    Hypernym: petit

#### Derived terms

* ajonc nain
* bouleau nain
* fourmilier nain
* lancer de nain
* nain de jardin
* planète naine

#### Related terms

* nanifier
* nanisme
* nano-

### Noun

nain m (plural nains, feminine naine)
* dwarf
    Antonym: géant
* gnome (decorative, in a garden)

#### Related terms

* nanomaniaque

### See also

* pygmée m

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Nina

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nainën, equivalent to naija (“to marry”) +‎ -in. Cognates include Finnish nainen and Estonian naine.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnɑi̯ne/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
* Hyphenation: nain

#### Noun

nain
* woman
* wife

##### Synonyms

* (wife): naisikko

##### Coordinate terms

* (woman): mees (“man”)
* (wife): mees (“husband”)

##### Derived terms

* emänain
* naiselikas
* naiselliin
* naiselokas
* naiseläjä
* naisiinpäivä
* naisikas
* naisikko
* naiskooma
* naissuku
* saunanain

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
* Hyphenation: nain

#### Verb

nain
* inflection of naija:
** first-person singular present indicative
** first-person singular past indicative

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “найне”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 334
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 73

## Japanese
### Romanization

nain
* Rōmaji transcription of ナイン

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* nayn

### Etymology

From Old French nain, from Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origins.

### Noun

nain m (plural nains)
* dwarf

#### Descendants

* French: nain

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* naim (Thomas d'Angleterre)

### Etymology

From Latin nānus, borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), of onomatopoeic origin.

### Noun

nain oblique singular, m (oblique plural nainz, nominative singular nainz, nominative plural nain)
* dwarf (mythical being)
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:"Nains!", fet ele, "leisse m'aler! A cel chevalier vuel parler"Dwarf!" Said she "let me pass" It's to the knight that I wish to talk
* midget

#### Descendants

* Middle French: nain
** French: nain

## Scots
### Etymology 1

From the prothetic n- +‎ ain, from the wrong division of mine ain as my nain.

#### Adjective

nain (comparative mair nain, superlative maist nain)
* (Shetland) own
    He was my nain bairn. ― He was my own child.

##### Synonyms

* ain

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

nain
* Alternative spelling of nane

### References

* ↑ “nain”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English nine.

### Numeral

nain
* nine

#### Usage notes

Used when counting; see also nainpela.

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | — | wan | tu | tri | foa | faiv | sikis | seven | et | nain |
| 1— | ten | eleven | twelv | tetin | fotin | fiftin | sikistin | seventin | etin | naintin |
| 2— | twenti | tupela ten wan | tupela ten tu | tupela ten tri | tupela ten foa | tupela ten faiv | tupela ten sikis | tupela ten seven | tupela ten et | tupela ten nain |
| 3— | teti | tripela ten wan | tripela ten tu | tripela ten tri | tripela ten foa | tripela ten faiv | tripela ten sikis | tripela ten seven | tripela ten et | tripela ten nain |
| 4— | foti | fopela ten wan | fopela ten tu | fopela ten tri | fopela ten foa | fopela ten faiv | fopela ten sikis | fopela ten seven | fopela ten et | fopela ten nain |
| 5— | fifti | faivpela ten wan | faivpela ten tu | faivpela ten tri | faivpela ten foa | faivpela ten faiv | faivpela ten sikis | faivpela ten seven | faivpela ten et | faivpela ten nain |
| 6— | sikisti | sikispela ten wan | sikispela ten tu | sikispela ten tri | sikispela ten foa | sikispela ten faiv | sikispela ten sikis | sikispela ten seven | sikispela ten et | sikispela ten nain |
| 7— | seventi | sevenpela ten wan | sevenpela ten tu | sevenpela ten tri | sevenpela ten foa | sevenpela ten faiv | sevenpela ten sikis | sevenpela ten seven | sevenpela ten et | sevenpela ten nain |
| 8— | eti | etpela ten wan | etpela ten tu | etpela ten tri | etpela ten foa | etpela ten faiv | etpela ten sikis | etpela ten seven | etpela ten et | etpela ten nain |
| 9— | nainti | nainpela ten wan | nainpela ten tu | nainpela ten tri | nainpela ten foa | nainpela ten faiv | nainpela ten sikis | nainpela ten seven | nainpela ten et | nainpela ten nain |

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈnɑi̯n/, [ˈnɑi̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
* Hyphenation: nain

### Noun

nain
* woman
* wife

#### Inflection
### References

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

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *nanī, from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nai̯n/
* Rhymes: -ai̯n

### Noun

nain f (plural neiniau)
* (North Wales) grandmother
    Synonym: mam-gu

#### Usage notes

Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of nain to nhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also mam to mham for a similar example.

#### Coordinate terms

* tad-cu (“grandfather”)
* taid (“grandfather”)

### Mutation

$^△$Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies