gayn

gayn

1. genitive singular of gay

From Old Norse gegn; derived from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Doublet of gain.

• geyn, gein, gain, gayne, gaine

• IPA^(key): /ɡæi̯n/

gayn (comparative geyner, superlative gaynest)

2. direct, straight, fast, expeditious
3. gracious, helpful, unfailing, useful, good
4. suiting the situation, apt, fit
5. short

• gaynly

• English: gain (obsolete, dialectal)
• Scots: gain

• “gein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.

gayn

1. expeditiously, fast, with haste
2. nearby, in the area

• English: gain (obsolete, dialectal)

• “gein, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.

From Old Norse gagn, from Proto-Germanic *gaganą, *gagną; reinforced by Middle French gain. Compare wayn.

• geyn, gein, gain

• IPA^(key): /ɡæi̯n/

gayn (plural gaines)

2. edge, advantage, a beneficial difference
3. gain, spoil, payment, compensation

• gaynen

• English: gain
• Scots: gain

• “gein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 April 2018.

gayn

1. alternative form of gain (“against”)

• gayne, gain, gaine, gaaing, guain, guaain

From gaigner (“to win, make money”).

gayn oblique singular, m (oblique plural gayns, nominative singular gayns, nominative plural gayn)

1. a victory, win; booty, spoils
2. (agricultural) tillage, arable land; crop produce

• Middle French: wain, wayn, gain
  • French: gain, gagne
• Gallo: gaen
• Picard: gaîn (Athois), gagnache (Ch'ti)
• Walloon: gagne (Charleroi)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غَیْن (gayn), from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn).

gayn

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: غ