lain

See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: lane (pane–pain merger)

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.

   • 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter XII, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth‎^[1]:

     I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.

2. (nonstandard) past participle of lay (“to put down”)

   Synonym: laid

Translations

situated horizontally

Dutch: gelegen (nl) Esperanto: kuŝinta (eo) German: gelegen (de) Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id), dibaringkan (id), terbaring (id) Japanese: 横になった (よこになった, yoko ni natta) Spanish: tumbado (es)

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

• lean, len (dialectal)

Verb

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

• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, nail

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
• Rhymes: -ai̯n
• Hyphenation: lain

Noun

lain inan

1. part

Declension

Declension of lain (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	lain	laina	lainak	lainok
ergative	lainek	lainak	lainek	lainok
dative	laini	lainari	lainei	lainoi
genitive	lainen	lainaren	lainen	lainon
comitative	lainekin	lainarekin	lainekin	lainokin
causative	lainengatik	lainarengatik	lainengatik	lainongatik
benefactive	lainentzat	lainarentzat	lainentzat	lainontzat
instrumental	lainez	lainaz	lainez	lainotaz
inessive	lainetan	lainean	lainetan	lainotan
locative	lainetako	laineko	lainetako	lainotako
allative	lainetara	lainera	lainetara	lainotara
terminative	lainetaraino	laineraino	lainetaraino	lainotaraino
directive	lainetarantz	lainerantz	lainetarantz	lainotarantz
destinative	lainetarako	lainerako	lainetarako	lainotarako
ablative	lainetatik	lainetik	lainetatik	lainotatik
partitive	lainik	—	—	—
prolative	laintzat	—	—	—

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lain

1. other, another

   Synonym: uban

2. different, distinct

   Synonym: lahi

3. odd, not of a good sort; in a bad situation

   lain ang panahon karon ― the weather is no good now

   1. (of behavior) eccentric, quirky, offensive
   2. (of health) unwell, sick

      lain akong lawas ― I don't feel well

Derived terms

• iglain
• kalainan
• kalainlain
• lain ang lawas
• lain og batasan
• lain og buot
• lain og kamot
• lain og sabaw
• lain og ulo
• lain pa'y ako
• lain pa'y ato
• lainlain
• lainlainon
• lainon
• laing kalibutan
• laing tawo
• maglain
• may lain pa
• palain
• panaglain
• paniglain
• sa laing bahin

Determiner

lain

1. another, other

   Synonym: uban

Central Bikol

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. different

   Synonym: iba

Derived terms

• kalainan
• lain-lain
• lainon
• maglain
• malain

Finnish

Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) synonym of lainkaan

Further reading

• “lain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.in/, [ˈlɑ̝.in]
• Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
• Syllabification^(key): lain, la‧in
• Hyphenation^(key): lain, la‧in

Noun

lain

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

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in

Adjective

lain (comparative lebih lain, superlative paling 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

• berkelainan
• berlainan
• kelainan
• melaini
• melainkan
• memperlain
• memperlainkan
• perlainan

Further reading

• “lain”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Livonian

Noun

lain

1. Salaca form of laint (“wave”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Maguindanao

Adjective

lain

1. other

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlain/ [ˈla.in]
• (Perak) IPA^(key): /laen/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]

Adjective

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين, comparative lebih lain, superlative paling lain)

1. other

   Orang lain

   Other people

2. different

   Lain dahulu lain sekarang...

   'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

Derived terms

• kelainan
• lain kali
• lain-lain
• melainkan
• selain

Further reading

• "lain" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "lain" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lian”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

Adjective

lain

1. other

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowed from English line. The second sense is a semantic loan from English property line, from which the third sense then naturally developed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐjn/
• Rhymes: -ɐjn

Noun

lain

1. (geometry and otherwise) line
2. property line
3. a piece of property

References

• “lain”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Romansh

Alternative forms

• len (Sutsilvan)
• lenn (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔin
• Syllabification: la‧in

Noun

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

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

Anagrams

• alin, Lina, inla, nila, ilan

Tok Pisin

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.”

     →New International Version translation

Welsh

Noun

lain

1. soft mutation of glain (“bead”)

Yalahatan

Noun

lain

1. leaf

References

• James T. Collins, The historical relationships of the languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983)