Borrowed fromWelshnain(“grandmother”).[1]
nain (pluralnains)
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.nain (Bengali scriptনায়্নorনাইন)
nain
Inherited fromOld Frenchnain, fromLatinnānus.
nain (femininenaine,masculine pluralnains,feminine pluralnaines)
nain m (pluralnains,femininenaine)
FromProto-Finnic*nainën, equivalent tonaija(“to marry”) +-in. Cognates includeFinnishnainen andEstoniannaine.
nain
| Declension ofnain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nain | naiset |
| genitive | naisen | naisiin |
| partitive | naista,naist | naisia |
| illative | naisee | naisii |
| inessive | naisees | naisiis |
| elative | naisest | naisist |
| allative | naiselle | naisille |
| adessive | naiseel | naisiil |
| ablative | naiselt | naisilt |
| translative | naiseks | naisiks |
| essive | naisenna,naiseen | naisinna,naisiin |
| exessive1) | naisent | naisint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
nain
nain
FromOld Frenchnain, fromLatinnānus, borrowed fromAncient Greekνᾶνος(nânos), ofonomatopoeic origins.
FromLatinnānus, borrowed fromAncient Greekνᾶνος(nânos), ofonomatopoeic origin.
nainoblique singular, m (oblique pluralnainz,nominative singularnainz,nominative pluralnain)
From theprotheticn- +ain, from the wrong division ofmineain asmynain.[1]
nain (comparativemair nain,superlativemaist nain)
nain
| 90 | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal:nain | ||
nain
Used when counting; see alsonainpela.
FromProto-Finnic*nainën.
nain
| Declension ofnain (type XII/sinin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nain | naizõd |
| genitive | naizõ | naisiijõ,naisii |
| partitive | naissõ | naisiitõ,naisii |
| illative | naisõ,naisõsõ | naisiisõ |
| inessive | naizõz | naisiiz |
| elative | naizõssõ | naisiissõ |
| allative | naizõlõ | naisiilõ |
| adessive | naizõllõ | naisiillõ |
| ablative | naizõltõ | naisiiltõ |
| translative | naizõssi | naisiissi |
| *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) theterminative is formed by adding the suffix-ssaa to the shortillative (sg) or thegenitive. ***) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka to thegenitive. | ||
FromProto-Brythonic*nanī, fromProto-Celtic*nana(“grandmother”), probably from aProto-Indo-European rootimitative of a child speaking, similar toAncient Greekνάννα(nánna).
Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation ofnain tonhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determinerei(“her”). See alsomam tomham for a similar example.
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| nain | unchanged | unchanged | nhain△ |
△Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.