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{{also|näin|nai'n|ŋăĭn}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|en|id=grandmother}}
{{bor+|en|cy|nain|t=grandmother}}.<ref>{{R:OED Online|id=1120508125|pos=n}}</ref>

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|North Wales}} A [[grandmother#Noun|grandmother]].
#: {{syn|en|mamgu<qq:Southern>}}
#: {{coord|en|taid}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Lorna Doran|title=The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU|site=w:WalesOnline|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104001426/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/best-places-kids-eat-wales-9664371|date=15 July 2015|passage=Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, '''nains''' and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.}}

====See also====
{{col-auto|en|tadcu}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

==Atong (India)==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|aot|en|nine}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|aot|/najn/}}

===Numeral===
{{aot-num|নায়্ন|নাইন}}

# [[nine]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|aot|chykhyw}}
* {{l|aot|no}}

===References===
* {{R:aot:Breugel}} Stated in Appendix 2.

==Finnish==

===Verb===
{{head|fi|verb form}}

# {{infl of|fi|naida||1|s|pres//past|ind}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=ainn|Anni|Nina}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|nain}}, from {{inh|fr|la|nānus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-nain.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[dwarf]]
#: {{ant|fr|géant}}
#: {{hyper|fr|petit}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|fr
|ajonc nain
|bouleau nain
|fourmilier nain
|lancer de nain
|nain de jardin
|planète naine
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|nanifier}}
* {{l|fr|nanisme}}
* {{l|fr|nano-}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|f=+}}

# [[dwarf]]
#: {{ant|fr|géant}}
# [[gnome]] (decorative, in a garden)

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|nanomaniaque}}

===See also===
* {{l|fr|pygmée|g=m}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|Nina}}

==Ingrian==
[[Image:Larin Paraske1893.jpg|thumb|Nain.]]

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|izh|urj-fin-pro|*nainën}}, equivalent to {{suffix|izh|naija|t1=to marry|-in|id2=similative}}. Cognates include {{cog|fi|nainen}} and {{cog|et|naine}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{izh-p|A=najne}}

====Noun====
{{head|izh|noun}}

# [[woman]]
# [[wife]]

=====Declension=====
{{izh-decl/kärpäin}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|wife}} {{l|izh|naisikko}}

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{sense|woman}} {{l|izh|mees||man}}
* {{sense|wife}} {{l|izh|mees||husband}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|izh
|naisikko|naiskooma|saunanain|naiselikas|naiselliin|naisikas|naisiinpäivä|naissuku|emänain|naiseläjä|naiselokas}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{izh-p}}

====Verb====
{{head|izh|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|izh|naija||1|sg|pres|ind|;|1|sg|past|ind}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Tumansky:1790|найне|page=697}}
* {{R:izh:Junus:1936|page=51}}
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=334}}
* {{R:izh:Konkova:2014|page=73}}

{{C|izh|Female family members|Marriage|Female people}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ナイン}}

==Middle French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|frm|nayn}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frm|fro|nain}}, from {{inh|frm|la|nānus}}, borrowed from {{der|frm|grc|νᾶνος}}, of [[onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] origins.

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|m}}

# [[dwarf]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|nain}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|fro|naim}} {{qualifier|Thomas d'Angleterre}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|nānus}}, borrowed from {{der|fro|grc|νᾶνος}}, of [[onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] origin.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|m}}

# [[dwarf]] (mythical being)
#* {{quote-text|fro|year=c. 1170|author=w:Chrétien de Troyes|title=s:fr:Érec et Énide
|passage="'''Nains'''!", fet ele, "leisse m'aler!<br/>A cel chevalier vuel parler
|translation="Dwarf!" Said she "let me pass"<br/>It's to the knight that I wish to talk}}
# [[midget]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|frm|nain}}
** {{desc|fr|nain}}

{{C|fro|People}}

==Scots==

===Etymology 1===
From the [[prothetic]] {{prefix|sco|n-|ain}}, from the wrong division of {{m|sco|[[mine]] [[ain]]}} as {{m|sco|[[my]] '''nain'''}}.<ref>{{R:DSL}}</ref>

====Adjective====
{{sco-adj}}

# {{lb|sco|Shetland}} [[own]]
#: {{uxi|sco|He was my '''nain''' {{l|sco|bairn}}.|He was my '''own''' child.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|sco|ain}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronoun====
{{sco-pron}}

# {{alternative spelling of|sco|nane}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

==Tok Pisin==
{{number box|tpi|9}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|tpi|en|nine}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|tpi|numeral}}

# [[nine]]

====Usage notes====
Used when counting; see also [[nainpela]].

====Coordinate terms====
{{tpi-cardinals}}

{{cln|tpi|cardinal numbers}}

==Votic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vot|urj-fin-pro|*nainën}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{vot-p}}

===Noun===
{{vot-noun}}

# [[woman]]
# [[wife]]

====Inflection====
{{vot-decl/sinin}}

===References===
* {{R:vot:VKS}}

{{topics|vot|People|Female}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*nanī}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*nana|t=grandmother}}, probably from a {{der|cy|ine-pro|-}} root {{onomatopoeic|cy|title=imitative}} of a child speaking, similar to {{cog|grc|νάννα}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/nai̯n/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ai̯n|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|f|neiniau|mut=1}}

# {{a|cy|cy-N}} [[grandmother]]
#: {{syn|cy|mam-gu}}

====Usage notes====
Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of {{m|cy|nain}} to {{m|cy|nhain}}. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner {{m|cy|ei||her}}. See also {{m|cy|mam}} to {{m|cy|mham}} for a similar example.

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|cy|tad-cu||grandfather}}
* {{l|cy|taid||grandfather}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|aspirate=nhain}}

===References===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

{{topics|cy|Female family members}}