sain

From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum.[1][2] Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).

• IPA^(key): /seɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

sain (third-person singular simple present sains, present participle saining, simple past and past participle sained)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
2. (intransitive, obsolete except in Scots) To make the sign of the cross.
3. (transitive, archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.

   Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.

   • 1889, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (transl.), Agamemnon, page 57 in The House of Atreus, 2nd edition,

     Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.

   • 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:

     The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.

• ANSI, ASIN, ISNA, Isan, Nias, Sian, Sina, anis, as in, nasi, nasi', nias

sain

1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) to be

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

• Hyphenation: sa‧in

sain

1. which

• zèinan, soin

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”). Cognate with German sein.

sain

1. (Thirteen Communities) to be

• “sain” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

sain

1. First-person singular past form of saama.

sain

1. First-person singular indicative past form of saada.

• Sian, anis, nais, nais-, sian

From Old French sain, from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/

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• Homophones: sains, saint, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

sain (feminine singular saine, masculine plural sains, feminine plural saines)

1. healthy; in good health
2. healthful; beneficial to health of body or mind.

• santé
• sanitaire

• “sain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• anis, nais, nias

sain

1. Alternative form of seien

From Latin sānus.

sain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular saine)

1. healthy; in good health

• French: sain

From Latin suīnus.

sain n (plural sainuri)

1. (archaic) pork meat

• porc
• carne

• (Sursilvan) sein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).

sain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) breast (of a woman)

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
• (Sutsilvan) péz
• (Puter, Vallader) pet

From Middle English (whence also English sain), from Old English, from Latin. Cognate to Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).

sain

1. to bless or consecrate
2. to make the sign of the cross, to genuflect

• IPA^(key): /sai̯n/

sain f (plural seiniau)

1. sound

• atsain (“echo”)
• cytsain (“consonant”)
• deusain (“diphthong”)
• persain (“symphony”)

• sein

From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz.

• IPA^(key): /sáɪ̯ːn/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -éɪ̯ːn

sain (comparative sainan, superlative sainest)

1. well late; arriving late; sluggish, tardy