Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sain
Participle: sained
Gerund: saining
Indicative
Present
| I | sain |
| you | sain |
| he;she;it | sains |
| we | sain |
| you | sain |
| they | sain |
Perfect
| I | have sained |
| you | have sained |
| he;she;it | has sained |
| we | have sained |
| you | have sained |
| they | have sained |
Past
| I | sained |
| you | sained |
| he;she;it | sained |
| we | sained |
| you | sained |
| they | sained |
Pluperfect
| I | had sained |
| you | had sained |
| he;she;it | had sained |
| we | had sained |
| you | had sained |
| they | had sained |
Future
| I | will sain |
| you | will sain |
| he;she;it | will sain |
| we | will sain |
| you | will sain |
| they | will sain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sained |
| you | will have sained |
| he;she;it | will have sained |
| we | will have sained |
| you | will have sained |
| they | will have sained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sain |
| you | sain |
| he;she;it | sain |
| we | sain |
| you | sain |
| they | sain |
Perfect
| I | have sained |
| you | have sained |
| he;she;it | have sained |
| we | have sained |
| you | have sained |
| they | have sained |
Imperfect
| I | sained |
| you | sained |
| he;she;it | sained |
| we | sained |
| you | sained |
| they | sained |
Pluperfect
| I | had sained |
| you | had sained |
| he;she;it | had sained |
| we | had sained |
| you | had sained |
| they | had sained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sain |
| you | would sain |
| he;she;it | would sain |
| we | would sain |
| you | would sain |
| they | would sain |
Perfect
| I | would have sained |
| you | would have sained |
| he;she;it | would have sained |
| we | would have sained |
| you | would have sained |
| they | would have sained |
Imperative
| you | sain |
| we | Let's sain |
| you | sain |
Verbs conjugated like 'sain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sain'
fain,
gain,
hain,
lain,
main,
pain,
rain,
sail,
saint,
satin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*segnōną', Latin '
signō', Dutch '
zegenen', German, old spelling '
segnen', Irish '
séan'.
Verbs referencing "sain"
Czech
žehnat, Dutch
zegenen, German, old spelling
segnen, Luxembourgish
seenen, Polish
żegnać.
Sample Sentences
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Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills. [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 261:]
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Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.
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Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves. [1889, “Agamemnon”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., The House of Atreus, 2nd edition, page 57:]
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The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay. [1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:]