main

(Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
2. (not-comparable) Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
3. (archaic, not-comparable, usually) Full, sheer, undivided.
4. (dialectal, not-comparable) Big; angry.
5. (not-comparable) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
6. (not-comparable, obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Adv

Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Verb

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, transitive) Ellipsis of mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
2. (transitive) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
3. (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

Noun

1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
3. (Internet) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
4. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
6. (poetic) The high seas.
7. (US, archaic, dialectal) The mainland.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mainsail.
9. (obsolete) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A hand or match in a game of dice.
2. (obsolete) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
3. (obsolete) A stake played for at dice.
4. (obsolete) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Noun

A basket for gathering grapes.

Berevajî

alt

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/meɪn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: mayn

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: mægen-

Hevwate bi Old High German: megīn

Hevwate bi almanî: Möge

Hevwate bi Old English: magan

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: mæġen

Hevwate bi Old High German: magen

Hevwate bi Old Norse: magn

Hevwate bi Old Saxon: megin

In summary

From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”).
The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.

Hevwate

principal

chief

primary

major

important

leading

head

central

master

capital

cardinal

basic

fundamental

essential

prime

senior

front

prominent

leader

straight track

sheer

staple

arterial

main track

duct

dominant

briny

crucial

supreme

main pipe

conduit

big

principle

most

most important

pre-eminent

foremost

first

1st

main line

keystone

independent

general

ringleader

eldest

earlier

artery

deep

high sea

core

hegemonic

Werger

principal

principal

principale

hauptsächlich

essentiel

voornaamste

hoofd-

κύριος

główny

essenziale

principal

principal

asıl

capital

Haupt-

Hevok

Their main enemy is the Nightmare Prince .

Dijminê wan yê sereke mîrê şevê ye.

Her main areas of research are .

Deverên wê yên sereke yên lêkolînê ne.

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Whyima din ew ê bibêje dijberiya wî ya sereke da ku ji bo runek amade bike?

Industry is a main branch of region economy .

Pîşesazî şaxek sereke ya aboriya herêmê ye.

The main palace is surrounded by out buildings of later vintage .

Qesra sereke ji hêla avahiyên paşê yên vintage ve dorpêçkirî ye.

Its main actors and actresses have also become major stars in their own right .

Lîstikvanên wê yên sereke û aktorên wê jî di rastiya xwe de stêrkên mezin bûne.