pronoun
- own (used in Scottish English)
Usage: Scottish dialect; archaic in standard English
noun
- the letter 'A' or the sound it represents
Usage: rare; chiefly historical or linguistic contexts
Examples
- In Scottish poetry, 'ain' means 'own,' as in 'my ain folk' (my own people).
- The word 'ain' appears frequently in Robert Burns's works.
- She spoke with her ain voice, not borrowed words.
- The letter ain is the first letter of the alphabet.
- In old texts, ain was sometimes used to represent the vowel sound.