säin

See also: sain, saín, sæin, and sain-

Finnish

Noun

säin

1. instructive plural of säkä
2. instructive plural of sää

Anagrams

• isän, nisä, sinä

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, West Frisian syn, Icelandic sinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zæːɪ̯n/
• Rhymes: -æːɪn

Pronoun

säin

1. third-person masculine or neuter possessive pronoun, masculine or neuter object, nominative and accusative case: his, its.

   Dat ass säin neie Vëlo.

   That's his new bicycle.

Usage notes

• As a result of the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

See also

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns

				nominative / accusative				dative
				singular possessum			plural possessum	singular possessum			plural possessum
				m	f	n		m	f	n
singular possessor	1st person			mäin	meng	mäin	meng	mengem	menger	mengem	mengen
	2nd person	informal		däin	deng	däin	deng	dengem	denger	dengem	dengen
		formal		Ären	Är	Äert	Är	Ärem	Ärer	Ärem	Ären
	3rd person		m or n	säin	seng	säin	seng	sengem	senger	sengem	sengen
			f	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren
plural possessor	1st person			eisen	eis	eist	eis	eisem	eiser	eisem	eisen
	2nd person			ären	är	äert	är	ärem	ärer	ärem	ären
	3rd person			hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren