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Tain
Tain
,Noun.
[OE.
tein
, teyne
; cf. Icel. teinn
a twig, akin to AS. tān
, Goth. tains
.] Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
Knight.
Definition 2024
tain
tain
English
Noun
tain (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Thin tin plate
- (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Adjective
tain
- The most posterior.
Declension
| Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten |
|
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| accusative | nom. | tain | taimmat |
| gen. | taimman | ||
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten taimpainrare |
|
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| inessive | taimmassa | taimmissa | |
| elative | taimmasta | taimmista | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| adessive | taimmalla | taimmilla | |
| ablative | taimmalta | taimmilta | |
| allative | taimmalle | taimmille | |
| essive | taimpana | taimpina | |
| translative | taimmaksi | taimmiksi | |
| instructive | — | taimmin | |
| abessive | taimmatta | taimmitta | |
| comitative | — | taimpine | |
Synonyms
Anagrams
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.
Numeral
tain
- (Heligoland, cardinal) ten