lain

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See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

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Pronunciation

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

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

Alternative forms

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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)

Anagrams

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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

Declension

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. different
    Synonym: iba

Derived terms

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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lain

  1. distinct, different
  2. other

Determiner

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lain

  1. another, other

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lain

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

Anagrams

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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 Bikol Central lain.

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Adjective

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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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Further reading

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Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

Noun

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lain

  1. wave

Maguindanao

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Adjective

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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 Bikol Central lain.

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Adjective

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lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • lain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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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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Noun

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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.

Noun

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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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Noun

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lain

  1. Soft mutation of glain (bead).