lain

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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.
Usage notes
  • The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
  • The past participle of lay (“put down”) is 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.
    • 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
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Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

lain inan

  1. part

Declension

Declension of lain (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lain laina lainak
ergative lainek lainak lainek
dative laini lainari lainei
genitive lainen lainaren lainen
comitative lainekin lainarekin lainekin
causative lainengatik lainarengatik lainengatik
benefactive lainentzat lainarentzat lainentzat
instrumental lainez lainaz lainez
inessive lainetan lainean lainetan
locative lainetako laineko lainetako
allative lainetara lainera lainetara
terminative lainetaraino laineraino lainetaraino
directive lainetarantz lainerantz lainetarantz
destinative lainetarako lainerako lainetarako
ablative lainetatik lainetik lainetatik
partitive lainik — —
prolative laintzat — —

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔin/,
  • 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/,

Adjective

lain

  1. distinct, different
  2. other

Determiner

lain

  1. another, other

Finnish

Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

Adverb

lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

lain

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

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Terms derived from lain

Further reading

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

Noun

lain

  1. wave

Maguindanao

Adjective

lain

  1. other

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

  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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*lian”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔin/,
  • Hyphenation: la‧in

Noun

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

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

Tok Pisin

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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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