Words ain and dain

[Ruby Novacna]

The separate words ain and dain are not among the most frequent: less than a hundred for ain and two hundred for dain.
I propose to read them in Greek as ειν and τειν:
- ειν = εν - in;
- ειν - ου - where;
- ειν a (rare?) form of ειναι - inf. of ειμι - to be ;
- τειν - dative of singular pronoun συ - you, thou.

I don't know if statistics alone, without full or partial translation, can confirm or refute this reading.

[Ruby Novacna]

If ain means ειν = εν - in, then the word after it should be a noun and not a verb?
How can we quickly list all the ain?

[RobGea]

Well it depends on what you want, the word 'ain' on its own , words that contain 'ain', words that end with 'ain', the words that follow 'ain'.

Whatever, just go to voynich.nu get your preferred transliteration from this page -'Text Analysis - Transliteration of the Text'  -- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
e.g ZL transliteration file, V2a -- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Open it with Notepad++  and click >Search > Find. 
Then type '.ain'  into the 'Find what' box for all instances of the word 'ain' ( should get 74 hits,  tick 'wrap around'  and search mode 'Normal'  and 'Find all in current document'  )
You can do this in any good text editor.

[Ruby Novacna]

Thank you very much, RobGea, 
I have downloaded the software, I just need to learn how to use it.

[Ruby Novacna]

I'm not used to working with text editors, Notepad++ must be a good editor, it outputs the search results, unfortunately, I can't adjust the display: despite the dark mode, the contrast is too low. Is there a trick to improve the display?

[nablator]

I'm not used to working with text editors, Notepad++ must be a good editor, it outputs the search results, unfortunately, I can't adjust the display: despite the dark mode, the contrast is too low. Is there a trick to improve the display?

Settings / Style configurator / Select theme

[Ruby Novacna]

Thanks a lot, Nablator, with Deep Black I feel better now

[Ruby Novacna]

As I continued to learn declension in Ancient Greek little by little, I discovered that my way of reading EVA ain as ειν and dain as τειν is not the only one possible, the words αιν and ταιν should also be tested:
·        αιν - fem gen /dat dual of ος ;
·        ταιν - fem gen /dat dual of ο.

[Ruby Novacna]

Reading the words orol.dain together, I get the word ορατην, either sg fem acc of ορατος - to be seen, visible or sg masc acc of ορατης - beholder, observer. In this case dain is read as την.