Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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fain

/feɪn/ adjective, adverb, verb, proper noun

Forms fainer fainest fains faining fained fainedst faineth faine

  1. adjective (chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
  2. adjective Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative.
  3. adjective (by extension) Compelled or obliged to.
  4. adjective (UK, dialectal) Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.
  5. adjective (obsolete, except in fair and fain) Favourable, well-disposed.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Accustomed, apt, wont.
  7. adverb With joy or pleasure; gladly.
  8. adverb By choice or will; willingly.
  9. verb (archaic or obsolete, rare) To be delighted or glad about (someone or something); to rejoice in; also, to favour or prefer (someone or something).
  10. verb (obsolete) To make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
  11. verb (Germanic paganism) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót (“ceremonial offering”).
  12. verb (obsolete) Chiefly followed by of, in, on, or to: to be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
  13. verb (obsolete) To desire, to wish.
  14. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

disposed keen lief raring delight perk up beatify enrapture begladden blissen bright cheer fetch cheer up cherish content elate elevate enbliss exhilarate inclined prepared gladly

Antonyms

averse disinclined loath reluctant unwilling

Etymology

From Middle English fain (“enjoyable, pleasing; fond of; glad, pleased; good, suitable; happy, joyful”), from Old English fægen (“happy, joyful, fain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagan (“glad”), from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful; pretty”).
* Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”), feginn (“glad, joyful”)
* Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (faginōn, “to rejoice”)
* Old High German fehan, gifehan (“to rejoice”)
* Old Saxon fagan, fagin

From Middle English fain (“eagerly, willingly; gladly, joyfully”), from fain (adjective): see etymology 1.

From Middle English fainen (“to be glad or joyful, rejoice; to make happy, gladden; to welcome; of an animal: to show happiness, as by wagging the tail; to act fawningly or flatteringly”), from Old English fæġnian (“to be glad, rejoice; to celebrate; to be delighted with, applaud; to wish for”), from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn (“to be glad, rejoice; to make glad, gladden”), from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (“to be glad, rejoice”), from *faganaz (“glad”): see further at etymology 1. Doublet of fawn.

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Fein.
* As an English surname, variant of Fayne.
* As a French surname, from placenames deriving from Latin fanum (“temple”) and Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud, swamp”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
  2. adjective Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak.
  3. adverb With joy; gladly; --with wold.
  4. verb To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.]

Etymology [OE. fain, fagen, AS. fægen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. fægnian to rejoice, OS. faganon, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginon, cf. Goth. faheds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fain”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details