ains

ains

1. plural of ain

• Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, Sina, nais, Sian, Anis, ISNA, Sain, Isan, Nias, sian, sain, as in, anis, nasi', NIAS

ains

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

From Old French ains.

ains

1. before
2. but
   • Ce royaume ne seroit monarchie, ains aristocratie.

     Else the kingdom would not be a monarchy, but an aristocracy.

     (Antoine Duprat)

• French: ains

From Vulgar Latin *antius, from Latin ante. Compare also Italian anzi, Catalan ans.

ains

1. before

   ains ton jugement

   before your judgment

• Middle French: ains
  • French: ains

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ains)
• ainz on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aiˀnas from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

ains (feminine aina, neuter ainan)

1. one

• Old Prussian Glossary