lain

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Inflected forms.

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

   Synonym: laid

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”).

• lean, len (dialectal)

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)

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

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

lain inan

1. part

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

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

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. different

   Synonym: iba

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

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

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

lain

1. another, other

See lainkaan.

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

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) synonym of lainkaan

• “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

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

lain

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

• alin, lian, nila

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

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

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

• “lain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Courland) laint

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

lain

1. wave

lain

1. other

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

• (Baku, Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈlain/ [ˈla.in]
• (Perak) IPA^(key): /laen/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

1. other

   Orang lain

   Other people

2. different

   Lain dahulu lain sekarang...

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

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

lain

1. other

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

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

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

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

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

• alin, Lina, inla, nila, ilan

From English line.

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

lain

1. soft mutation of glain (“bead”)