different between bein vs zein

English

Alternative forms

• been, bene
• bien (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyh?- (“to hit, beat”).

Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.

Adjective

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.

   a bein farmer

2. (now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.

Derived terms

• beinly

Adverb

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.

Verb

bein (third-person singular simple present beins, present participle beining, simple past and past participle beined)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To dry.

Anagrams

• Bien, bine

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)

1. well

Related terms

• bon

Etymology 2

From Latin bene.

Noun

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)

1. good

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bain]

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Finnish

Noun

bein

1. Instructive plural form of bee.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pei?n/
• Rhymes: -ei?n

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

1. a bone

   Hundurinn borðaði bein.

   The dog ate a bone.

Declension

Synonyms

• (bone): leggur

See also

• hafa bein í nefinu
• inn við beinið
• fílabein
• viðbein
• bringubein
• mannabein
• beinhvítur
• beinharður
• bringubein
• brjóstbein

Norman

Etymology

Old French bien.

Adverb

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

1. (Jersey) well

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ben

Etymology

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

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina or beinene)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

References

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?. Akin to English bone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ?n/

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

References

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Noun

bein n

1. (anatomy) leg
2. (anatomy) bone

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: bein
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Boi, Boa

  • Bavarian: Boan
  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon: Been

  • German: Bein
  • Luxembourgish: Been
  • Vilamovian: baan
  • Yiddish: ????? (beyn)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?en?/

Noun

bein

1. accusative singular of ben

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bain?. Compare Old English b?n, Old Saxon b?n, Old High German bein.

Noun

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: bein
• Faroese: bein
• Norn: ben
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: bein
• Old Swedish: b?n
  • Swedish: ben
• Danish: ben
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ben
• Elfdalian: bein
• Old Gutnish: bain
  • Gutnish: bain

References

• bein in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein

1. (Sursilvan) well
2. (Sursilvan) beautifully
3. (Sursilvan) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) bain
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bagn

Etymology 2

Noun

bein m (plural beins)

1. (Sursilvan) farm

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) bain

Synonyms

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

Scots

Verb

bein

1. present participle of be

Westrobothnian

Noun

bein n

1. Alternative form of bain

English

Etymology

New Latin Zea (“corn genus”) +? -in

Noun

zein (countable and uncountable, plural zeins)

1. A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.

Anagrams

• Inez, nize, zine

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?e?/, /s?ejn/

Pronoun

zein

1. (interrogative) what (in terms of a very specific item); who; which, which one

Declension