different between lain vs lakin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English l?e?nan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijan?, from Proto-Germanic *laugn? (“secrecy”).

Alternative forms

• lean, len (dialectal)

Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14^th-19^thc.]

Anagrams

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

Basque

Noun

lain inan

1. part

Cebuano

Adjective

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

Determiner

lain

1. another, other

Finnish

Adverb

lain

1. (poetic) Synonym of lainkaan

Noun

lain

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

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate to Cebuano lain.

Adjective

lain (plural lain-lain)

1. other, another, else

2. different, distinct

   Synonym: beda

3. next, second

Derived terms

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laint

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laineh.

Noun

lain

1. wave

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English line.

Noun

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort

Welsh

Noun

lain

1. Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?k?n/

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Old Norse leika.

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

1. (rare) A toy.

Etymology 2

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

1. Obsolete form of ladykin.

Anagrams

• Kalin, alkin

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ??????? (l?kin, “but, however”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?la?kin]
• Hyphenation: la?kin

Conjunction

lakin

1. but, however

   Synonyms: amma, ancaq, f?q?t

Finnish

Noun

lakin

1. Genitive singular form of lakki.

Anagrams

• kalin, klani, likan

Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ??????? (l?kin, “but”).

Conjunction

lakin

1. but, however