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lain

See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

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Etymology 1

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Inflected forms.

Verb

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lain

  1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
    He had lain there for many hours.
    The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
    • 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter XII, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth‎[1]:
      I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.
  2. (nonstandard) past participle of lay (“to put down”)
    Synonym: laid
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

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Verb

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lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

  1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th–19th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:
      Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯n
  • Hyphenation: lain

Noun

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lain inan

  1. part

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Declension of lain (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive lain laina lainak lainok
ergative lainek lainak lainek lainok
dative laini lainari lainei lainoi
genitive lainen lainaren lainen lainon
comitative lainekin lainarekin lainekin lainokin
causative lainengatik lainarengatik lainengatik lainongatik
benefactive lainentzat lainarentzat lainentzat lainontzat
instrumental lainez lainaz lainez lainotaz
inessive lainetan lainean lainetan lainotan
locative lainetako laineko lainetako lainotako
allative lainetara lainera lainetara lainotara
terminative lainetaraino laineraino lainetaraino lainotaraino
directive lainetarantz lainerantz lainetarantz lainotarantz
destinative lainetarako lainerako lainetarako lainotarako
ablative lainetatik lainetik lainetatik lainotatik
partitive lainik — — —
prolative laintzat — — —

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin (cf. Central Bikol lain, Indonesian lain and Malay lain).

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  • Hyphenation: la‧in
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔɪn̪]

Adjective

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lain

  1. other, another
    Synonym: uban
  2. different, distinct
    Synonym: lahi
  3. odd, not of a good sort; in a bad situation
    lain ang panahon karon ― the weather is no good now
    1. (of behavior) eccentric, quirky, offensive
    2. (of health) unwell, sick
      lain akong lawas ― I don't feel well

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Determiner

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lain

  1. another, other
    Synonym: uban

Central Bikol

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Etymology

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔin̪]
  • Hyphenation: la‧in

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láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. different
    Synonym: iba

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Finnish

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Etymology 1

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See lainkaan.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑin
  • Syllabification(key): lain
  • Hyphenation(key): lain

Adverb

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lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) synonym of lainkaan

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.in/, [ˈlɑ̝.in]
  • Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
  • Syllabification(key): lain, la‧in
  • Hyphenation(key): lain, la‧in

Noun

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lain

  1. inflection of laki:
    1. genitive singular
    2. instructive plural

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Central Bikol lain.

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lain (comparative lebih lain, superlative paling lain)

  1. other, another, else
    Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.
    I should look for another job.
  2. different, distinct
    Synonym: beda
    Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.
    His behavior is different from his friends.
  3. (dated) except, unless
    Synonym: kecuali

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Livonian

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lain

  1. Salaca form of laint (“wave”)

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Maguindanao

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lain

  1. other

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Central Bikol lain.

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lain (Jawi spelling لاءين, comparative lebih lain, superlative paling lain)

  1. other
    Orang lain
    Other people
  2. different
    Lain dahulu lain sekarang...
    'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

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Further reading

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  • "lain" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lian”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

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Adjective

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lain

  1. other

Romansh

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Etymology

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From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

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lain m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tagalog

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lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative form of laing: stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English line.

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lain

  1. line; row; queue
  2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:
      Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”
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Welsh

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lain

  1. soft mutation of glain (“bead”)
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