Alis

See also: alis, -alis, and -ális

English

Proper noun

Alis

plural of Ali

Anagrams

Ilsa, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sail, sial

Middle English

Proper noun

Alis

Alice
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  That Iankin clerk, and my gossib dame Alis, / And I my-self, in-to the feldes wente.
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Welsh

Alternative forms

Alys

Etymology

From Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalɨ̞s/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalɪs/
Rhymes: -alɨ̞s

Proper noun

Alis f

a female given name, equivalent to English Alice

Derived terms

malws Alis (“vervain mallow”)

Mutation

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References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13 of 192

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