bain

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See also: Bain and bain-

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (direct, prompt), from Old Norse beinn (straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen).

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Adjective

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bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
    That is the bainest way.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

Adverb

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bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Readily; willingly.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) Nearby; at hand.

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Etymology 2

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From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.

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Noun

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bain (plural bains)

  1. (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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Bavarian

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Noun

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bain ?

  1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) wine

References

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Cimbrian

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Etymology

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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

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bain m

  1. (Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) wine
    Dar bain ist och gamacht mettar baimarn.The wine is also made with grapes. (Sette Comuni dialect)

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagne.

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Noun

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bain m (plural bains)

  1. bath

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Further reading

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Compare Pangasinan baing

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈʔin/ [bɐˈʔin]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧in

Noun

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baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. shame

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Irish

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Etymology

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From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (beat, strike) and bongaid (break, cut),[1] [2]

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Verb

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bain (present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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.
  2. separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
  3. release from socket; open
  4. release from source; shed
  5. release sound; strike
  6. agitate
  7. release from hold; lift
  8. win
  9. become due

Inflection

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bain bhain mbain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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

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Limos Kalinga

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Noun

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bain

  1. shame

Adjective

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bain

  1. bashful; shy

Romansch

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Etymology 1

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From Latin bene.

Adverb

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bain

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
  3. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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bain m (plural bains)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) farm
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