dain

See also: Dain, dáin, dàin, and däin

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• doi (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein, West Frisian dyn, English thine, Icelandic þinn.

Determiner

dain (plural dain, bón/dar daindarn) (Sette Comuni) (familiar)

1. your, thy

   De dain faméja is gròas. ― Your family is large.

   De dain hénte zeint plaabe. ― Your hands are blue.

   De dain triildar zeint ròat. ― Your lips are red.

   An prùudar bón daindarn ist ziich. ― One of your brothers is sick.

2. yours, thine

   De khua ist dain. ― The cow is yours.

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

Inflection of dain
masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
daindar	daina	daines	daine
These inflections are only used in exclamations.

See also

Possessive determiners
	singular	plural
1st person	main	ögnar
2nd person	dain	ôar
3rd person	zain

References

• “dain” 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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dain

1. Alternative form of deyne

Etymology 2

Noun

dain

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of theyn

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dain.

Noun

dain m (plural dains)

1. deer

Synonyms

• cerf

Descendants

• → Catalan: daina
• French: daim

Northern Sami

Determiner

dain

1. locative plural of dat

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (“deer, antelope”).

Noun

dain oblique singular, m (oblique plural dainz, nominative singular dainz, nominative plural dain)

1. deer

Synonyms

• cerf

Descendants

• French: daim