Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lain
Participle: lained
Gerund: laining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lain |
| you | lain |
| he;she;it | lains |
| we | lain |
| you | lain |
| they | lain |
Perfect
| I | have lained |
| you | have lained |
| he;she;it | has lained |
| we | have lained |
| you | have lained |
| they | have lained |
Past
| I | lained |
| you | lained |
| he;she;it | lained |
| we | lained |
| you | lained |
| they | lained |
Pluperfect
| I | had lained |
| you | had lained |
| he;she;it | had lained |
| we | had lained |
| you | had lained |
| they | had lained |
Future
| I | will lain |
| you | will lain |
| he;she;it | will lain |
| we | will lain |
| you | will lain |
| they | will lain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lained |
| you | will have lained |
| he;she;it | will have lained |
| we | will have lained |
| you | will have lained |
| they | will have lained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lain |
| you | lain |
| he;she;it | lain |
| we | lain |
| you | lain |
| they | lain |
Perfect
| I | have lained |
| you | have lained |
| he;she;it | have lained |
| we | have lained |
| you | have lained |
| they | have lained |
Imperfect
| I | lained |
| you | lained |
| he;she;it | lained |
| we | lained |
| you | lained |
| they | lained |
Pluperfect
| I | had lained |
| you | had lained |
| he;she;it | had lained |
| we | had lained |
| you | had lained |
| they | had lained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lain |
| you | would lain |
| he;she;it | would lain |
| we | would lain |
| you | would lain |
| they | would lain |
Perfect
| I | would have lained |
| you | would have lained |
| he;she;it | would have lained |
| we | would have lained |
| you | would have lained |
| they | would have lained |
Imperative
| you | lain |
| we | Let's lain |
| you | lain |
Verbs conjugated like 'lain'
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 'lain'
fain,
gain,
hain,
laik,
lair,
lait,
latin,
layn,
lin,
main,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*laugnijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:]