different between zain vs zein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French zain

Noun

zain (plural zains)

1. (archaic) A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.

Anagrams

• Nazi, azin, nazi, zina

Basque

Alternative forms

• zan (Biscayan, Etymology 1, Etymology 2)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /s?a?/

Etymology 1

Noun

zain inan

1. vein

   Synonyms: zainurdin, bena

2. nerve

   Synonyms: zaintzuri, nerbio

3. tendon, sinew

   Synonyms: zurda, tendoi

4. artery

   Synonyms: zaingorri, arteria

5. varicose vein

   Synonym: barize

6. vigor, strength
7. (figuratively) root

   Synonyms: zuztar, erro

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

zain anim

1. guard, watchman
2. shepherd

   Synonym: artzain

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

zain

1. Third-person singular (hura), taking informal second-person singular feminine (hiri) as indirect object, present indicative form of izan.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• soi (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German sein, s?n, from Old High German s?n, from Proto-West Germanic *s?n, from Proto-Germanic *s?naz (“his, hers, its, their own”). Cognate with German sein.

Determiner

zain (plural zain, bon/dar zaindarn) (Sette Comuni)

1. his, her, its, their

2. his, hers, its, theirs

Usage notes

The following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:

• They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
• Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
  • The plural ending is -en, or -? when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
• Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
• Following bon (“of”) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.

Inflection

See also

References

• “zain” 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

French

Etymology

From Italian zaino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??/

Adjective

zain (feminine singular zaine, masculine plural zains, feminine plural zaines)

1. (of the coat of a horse, dog etc.) Having no white markings

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