different between lain vs layed

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

Verb

layed

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of lay
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     Therefore proceeding upon our grounds before layed; to wit, that no body can be moved of it self; we may determine those motions to be naturall unto bodies which have constant causes, or percutients to make them alwayes in such bodies: […]

Synonyms

• laid (modern English)

Anagrams

• Adley, Daley, Delay, Leday, dealy, delay, ladye, leady