different between bain vs bairn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• bane

Adjective

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.

3. (now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

Adverb

bain (comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

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

Derived terms

• bainly

Etymology 2

From Middle English bayne, baine, from Old French bain (“bath”), from Latin balneum (“bath, bath-house”). Doublet of bagnio.

Alternative forms

• bane (obsolete)
• bayne (15th-17th centuries)

Noun

bain (plural bains)

1. (obsolete) A bath.

Anagrams

• AIBN, Bian, Bina, IBAN, Iban, Nabi, bani, nabi, naib

Bavarian

Noun

bain ?

1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) wine

References

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

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• boi

Etymology

From Middle High German w?n, from Old High German w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.

Noun

bain m

1. (Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) wine

References

• “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
• “bain” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *baneum (“bath”), from Latin balneum or balineum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (balaneîon). Doublet of bagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Noun

bain m (plural bains)

1. bath

Derived terms

Related terms

• baigner
• balnéaire

Further reading

• “bain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?in
• IPA^(key): /ba??in/, [b????n]

Noun

baín

1. shame

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

• bean

Etymology

From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”) and boingid (“break, cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?an?/, /b??n?/

Verb

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.)
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

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "bain" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “boingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “bain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bain

1. shame

Adjective

bain

1. bashful; shy

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

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)

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bagn

Derived terms

• bainschi

Etymology 2

Noun

bain m (plural bains)

1. (Puter, Vallader) farm

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) bein

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
• (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
• (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
• (Surmiran) curt purila

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be???n/, /?be????/, /?be??/, /?be?????/, /?bä????/, /?b???/, /?bä???n/

  Rhymes: -é???n

Noun

bain n

1. A leg.

2. A bone.

Alternative forms

• bajn, bäin, bejn, bein, b?in

Derived terms

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “BAJN el. bain”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 19

English

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-Germanic *barn?. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /bern/, /b?rn/
• (Northumberland, North Durham, rhotic) IPA^(key): /?b???n/
• (UK, rhotic) IPA^(key): /?b???n/
• (UK, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /?b??n/, /?b??n/
• (US, Canada, Ireland, West Country) IPA^(key): /?b??n/

In some areas (e.g. Bradford), pronounced as IPA^(key): /?ba?n/. See Etymology 2 under barn.(See page 216 in Joseph Wright's A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill).

Noun

bairn (plural bairns)

1. (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:child.

Translations

Derived terms

• bairnie/bairny
• bairnish
• bairnless
• bairnlike
• shy bairns get nowt, shy bairns get noot
• stepbairn

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bairn”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• bairn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

References

• “bairn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Barin, Brain, Brian, Rabin, abrin, brain, brian

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, descendant, offspring, issue, progeny”) and Old Norse barn (“child”), both from Proto-Germanic *barn? (“child”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, bring forth”). Cognate with West Frisian bern (“child”), North Frisian baern, born (“child”), Middle High German barn (“child, son, daughter”), Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic barn (“child”), Albanian barrë (“pregnancy, child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bern/, /b?rn/

Noun

bairn (plural bairns)

1. child

Derived terms

• bairnheid
• bairnie
• grandbairn
• stap-bairn

Descendants

• ? English: bairn

Verb

bairn (third-person singular present bairns, present participle bairnin, past bairnt, past participle bairnt)

1. to make pregnant

References

• “bairn” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.