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Ait
Ait
,Noun.
An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
The
ait
where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).
Among green
aits
and meadows. Dickens.
Ait
,Noun.
Oat.
[Scot.]
Burns.
Definition 2024
ait
ait
English
Alternative forms
- eyot (island)
Noun
ait (plural aits)
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- R. Hodges (1649)
- The ait where the osiers grew.
- 1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
- Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1,
- Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
- R. Hodges (1649)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat.
Noun
ait (plural aits)
- (Scotland) An oat.
- 1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
An' aits set up their awnie horn,
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
- 1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e/ or IPA(key): /ɛ/
Verb
ait
- third-person singular present subjunctive of avoir
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atʲ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aitt (“pleasant, agreeable; strange, unusual”, adjective).
Adjective
ait (genitive singular masculine ait, genitive singular feminine aite, plural aite, comparative aite)
Declension
Declension of ait
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ait | ait¹ | aite³ | |
| Vocative | ait¹ | ait¹ | aite | |
| Genitive | ait¹ | aite | aite | ait |
| Dative | ait² | ait¹ | aite³ | |
| Comparative | aite | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- aiteacht f (“queerness, oddness”)
Etymology 2
Noun
ait m
- genitive singular of at
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ait | n-ait | hait | t-ait |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ait" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aitt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Latin
Verb
āit, ait
- third-person singular present active indicative of āiō
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of āiō
- it is said (that)
References
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
-
(ambiguous) as Cicero says: ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
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(ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
Old French
Alternative forms
- aït (scholarly convention)
Verb
ait
- third-person singular present subjunctive of aidier