ains

See also: -ains, AINs, and AI:ns

English

Noun

ains

  1. plural of ain

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

ains

  1. romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ains.

Preposition

ains

  1. before
  2. but
    • Ce royaume ne seroit monarchie, ains aristocratie.
      Else the kingdom would not be a monarchy, but an aristocracy.
      (Antoine Duprat)

Descendants

  • French: ains

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *antius, from Latin ante. Compare also Italian anzi, Catalan ans.

Preposition

ains

  1. before
    ains ton jugement
    before your judgment

Descendants

References

Old Prussian

Old Prussian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ains
    Ordinal : pirmas

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aiˀnas from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Alternatively, borrowed from German ein.[1]

Numeral

ains (feminine aina, neuter ainan)[2]

  1. one
  • niains (“none”)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 589
  2. ^ Old Prussian Glossary
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