bain

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See also: Bain and bain-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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”).

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Adjective

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
    That is the bainest way.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

Adverb

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Readily; willingly.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Nearby; at hand.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

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Noun

bain (plural bains)

  1. (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
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Anagrams

Bavarian

Noun

bain ?

  1. (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

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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

  1. (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 , 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

Noun

bain m (plural bains)

  1. bath

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Ilocano

Etymology

Compare Pangasinan baing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈʔin/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧in

Noun

baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. shame

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

bain (present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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.
  2. separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
  3. release from socket; open
  4. release from source; shed
  5. release sound; strike
  6. agitate
  7. release from hold; lift
  8. win
  9. become due

Inflection

conjugation of bain (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present bainim baineann tú;
bainir† 		baineann sé, sí bainimid baineann sibh baineann siad;
bainid† 		a bhaineann; a bhaineas /
a mbaineann*; a mbaineas* 		baintear
past bhain mé; bhaineas bhain tú; bhainis bhain sé, sí bhaineamar; bhain muid bhain sibh; bhaineabhair bhain siad; bhaineadar a bhain /
ar bhain* 		baineadh
past habitual bhaininn / mbaininn‡‡ bhainteá / mbainteᇇ bhaineadh sé, sí / mbaineadh sé, s퇇 bhainimis; bhaineadh muid / mbainimis‡‡; mbaineadh muid‡‡ bhaineadh sibh / mbaineadh sibh‡‡ bhainidís; bhaineadh siad / mbainidís‡‡; mbaineadh siad‡‡ a bhaineadh /
a mbaineadh* 		bhaintí / mbaint퇇
future bainfidh mé;
bainfead 		bainfidh tú;
bainfir† 		bainfidh sé, sí bainfimid;
bainfidh muid 		bainfidh sibh bainfidh siad;
bainfid† 		a bhainfidh; a bhainfeas /
a mbainfidh*; a mbainfeas* 		bainfear
conditional bhainfinn / mbainfinn‡‡ bhainfeá / mbainfeᇇ bhainfeadh sé, sí / mbainfeadh sé, s퇇 bhainfimis; bhainfeadh muid / mbainfimis‡‡; mbainfeadh muid‡‡ bhainfeadh sibh / mbainfeadh sibh‡‡ bhainfidís; bhainfeadh siad / mbainfidís‡‡; mbainfeadh siad‡‡ a bhainfeadh /
a mbainfeadh* 		bhainfí / mbainf퇇
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
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 bainim bain baineadh sé, sí bainimis bainigí;
bainidh† 		bainidís — baintear
verbal noun baint
past participle bainte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bain bhain mbain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “boingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bain

  1. shame

Adjective

bain

  1. bashful; shy

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bain

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
  3. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
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Etymology 2

Noun

bain m (plural bains)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) farm
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