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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.

  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).

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

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  • 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
  • Hyphenation(key): lain

lain (not comparable)

  1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

lain

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

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

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

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

lain

  1. wave

lain

  1. other

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

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

  1. other
  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

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

lain m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

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

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.”

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lain

  1. Soft mutation of glain (bead).