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ains

ains is the plural of ain.

Meaning of ain

Determiner

ain

  1. (Scotland) Own; belonging to one.
    • Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
      Combing down his yellow hair,
      He's my ain for evermair,
      Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.1998, Jonathan Langley, Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Bobby Shaftoe, page 86

See all 3 meanings of ain

Noun capitalized: AINs

AINs

  1. (plural) plural of AIN

Questions about ains

What is ains the plural of?
Ains is the plural of ain.
What part of speech is ains?
Ains is a noun.

Words near ains in the dictionary

  1. Ainleys
  2. Aino
  3. ainoi
  4. ainoid
  5. AINOs
  6. ains
  7. Ainscough
  8. Ainsdale
  9. ainselu
  10. Ainsley
  11. Ainsleys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ains (page history and authors); AINs (page history and authors); ain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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