zain

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See also: Zain and zaïn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French zain.

Noun

zain (plural zains)

  1. (archaic) A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
    • 1905, Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse:
      Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻ai̯n/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ai̯n/

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯n
  • Hyphenation: zain

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

zain inan

  1. vein
    Synonyms: zainurdin, bena
  2. (colloquial) nerve
    Synonyms: zaintzuri, nerbio
  3. (colloquial) tendon, sinew
    Synonyms: zurda, tendoi
  4. artery
    Synonyms: zaingorri, arteria
  5. varicose vein
    Synonym: barize
  6. vigor, strength
  7. (figuratively) root
    Synonyms: zuztar, erro
Declension
Declension of zain (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zain zaina zainak
ergative zainek zainak zainek
dative zaini zainari zainei
genitive zainen zainaren zainen
comitative zainekin zainarekin zainekin
causative zainengatik zainarengatik zainengatik
benefactive zainentzat zainarentzat zainentzat
instrumental zainez zainaz zainez
inessive zainetan zainean zainetan
locative zainetako zaineko zainetako
allative zainetara zainera zainetara
terminative zainetaraino zaineraino zainetaraino
directive zainetarantz zainerantz zainetarantz
destinative zainetarako zainerako zainetarako
ablative zainetatik zainetik zainetatik
partitive zainik — —
prolative zaintzat — —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *zani.

Alternative forms

Noun

zain anim

  1. guard, watchman
  2. shepherd
    Synonym: artzain
Declension
Declension of zain (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zain zaina zainak
ergative zainek zainak zainek
dative zaini zainari zainei
genitive zainen zainaren zainen
comitative zainekin zainarekin zainekin
causative zainengatik zainarengatik zainengatik
benefactive zainentzat zainarentzat zainentzat
instrumental zainez zainaz zainez
inessive zainengan zainarengan zainengan
locative — — —
allative zainengana zainarengana zainengana
terminative zainenganaino zainarenganaino zainenganaino
directive zainenganantz zainarenganantz zainenganantz
destinative zainenganako zainarenganako zainenganako
ablative zainengandik zainarengandik zainengandik
partitive zainik — —
prolative zaintzat — —
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

zain

  1. Third-person singular (hura), taking informal second-person singular feminine (hiri) as indirect object, present indicative form of izan.

References

  1. ^ “zain” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "zain" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “zain” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his, hers, its, their own”). Cognate with German sein.

Determiner

zain (plural zain, bon/dar zaindarn) (Sette Comuni)

  1. his, her, its, their
    Dar zain zun machet in zòllander. ― His son is in the military.
    An tòchtar bon zaindarn ist an léeraren. ― Their daughter is a teacher.
  2. his, hers, its, theirs
    De khua ist zain. ― The cow is hers.

Usage notes

The following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:

  • They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
  • Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
    • The plural ending is -en, or -∅ when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
  • Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
  • Following bon (“of”) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.

Inflection

Inflection of zain
masculine feminine neuter plural
zaindar zaina zaines zaine
These inflections are only used in exclamations.

See also

Possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person main ögnar
2nd person dain ôar
3rd person zain

References

  • “zain” 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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zaino.

Pronunciation

Adjective

zain (feminine zaine, masculine plural zains, feminine plural zaines)

  1. Having no white markings (of the coat of a horse, dog etc.)

Further reading

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