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”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
- That is the bainest way.
- (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.
Adverb
bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.
Alternative forms
- bane (obsolete)
- bayne (15th-17th centuries)
Noun
bain (plural bains)
- (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 ?
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
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
- (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 [Our Words], 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
- IPA(key): /bɛ̃/
Audio: (file)
Noun
bain m (plural bains)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “bain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ilocano
Etymology
Compare Pangasinan baing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈʔin/ [bɐˈʔin]
- Hyphenation: ba‧in
Noun
baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
- bainen
- ibain
- mabain
- mabainan
- mamain
- pabainan
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”) and bongaid (“break, cut”),[1] [2]
Pronunciation
Verb
bain (present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (ambitransitive)
- extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], 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.
- separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
- release from socket; open
- release from source; shed
- release sound; strike
- agitate
- release from hold; lift
- win
- become due
Inflection
| verbal noun | baint | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | bainte | |||||||
| tense | 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* |
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* |
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 |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- bain amach
- bain aníos
- bain anuas
- bain ar
- bain as
- bain chuig
- bain chun
- bain de
- bain do
- bain faoi
- bain le
- bain ó
- bain siar as
- bain spórt as
- bain sult as
- bain taitneamh as
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bain | bhain | mbain |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “boingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Limos Kalinga
Noun
bain
Adjective
bain
Romansch
Etymology 1
Adverb
bain
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bain m (plural bains)
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
- (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
- (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
- (Surmiran) curt purila