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Ais
ais
ais
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate with Finnish aisa.
Noun
ais (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- shaft, any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive shaft of an engine
- thill
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
ais
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Latin axis (“axle”).
Noun
ais f (genitive singular aise, nominative plural aiseanna)
- axis
- ais an Domhain
- Earth’s axis
- ais an Domhain
Declension
Declension of ais
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aon-aiseach (“uniaxial”, adj)
- mór-ais f (“major axis”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ais | n-ais | hais | t-ais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 ais (‘back, hinder part’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Norman
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ais m (plural ais)
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh eis, from Proto-Brythonic *assī, from Proto-Celtic *astū, from pre-Celtic *h₂estōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”) (compare Irish easna, Latin os, Albanian asht). Doublet of asen; related to asgwrn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯s/
Noun
ais f (singulative eisen)
Synonyms
- (ribs): asennau
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ais | unchanged | unchanged | hais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||