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See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

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:
      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. (colloquial) past participle of lay (“to put down”)
    Synonym: laid
Translations

Etymology 2

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”).

Alternative forms

Verb

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lain inan

  1. part

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...
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Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. different
    Synonym: iba

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lain

  1. distinct, different
  2. other

Determiner

lain

  1. another, other

Finnish

Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) synonym of lainkaan

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • 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

lain

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Derived terms

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Livonian

Noun

lain

  1. Salaca form of laint (“wave”)

References

Maguindanao

Adjective

lain

  1. other

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "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

Adjective

lain

  1. other

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

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

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English line.

Noun

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

Noun

lain

  1. soft mutation of glain (“bead”)

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