saín

See also: sain, säin, and sain-

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old French (compare French saindoux), from Vulgar Latin *saginum, from Latin sagīna (“fatness”).

Alternative forms

• saíl, seíl, seín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈiŋ/

Noun

saín m (plural saíns)

1. fish oil, which was used for lighting
2. lard; rendered lard

   Synonym: pingo

Related terms

• saiñento

 

Etymology 2

Verb

saín

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of saír

References

• “sayn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “saín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “saín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “saín” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *sagīnum, from Latin sagīna. To explain the absence of a final vowel, Coromines posits a borrowing from either Leonese, where /-inu/ > /-in/ is common, or Aragonese, where loss of final /o/ is common.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈin/ [saˈĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: sa‧ín

Noun

saín m (plural saines)

1. fish oil, which was used for lighting
2. lard; rendered lard

Derived terms

• desainar
• sainete

 

Further reading

• “saín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014