cais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"

Asturian

Noun

cais

  1. plural of cai

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaʃ]

Adjective

cais

  1. inflection of cas (“twisted, winding; curly; complicated, intricate; twisty, devious”):
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cais chais gcais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Homophone: cás (Brazil)
  • Hyphenation: cais

Etymology 1

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish [Term?].

Noun

cais m (invariable)

  1. quay, wharf, pier
  2. platform

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cais

  1. second-person singular present indicative of cair

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cais f pl

  1. plural of cal

Romanian
Cais

Etymology

Back-formation from caisă (“apricot fruit”), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی‎ (kayısı).

Noun

cais m (plural caiși)

  1. apricot (tree)

Declension
Declension of cais
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cais caisul (niște) caiși caișii
genitive/dative (unui) cais caisului (unor) caiși caișilor
vocative caisule caișilor

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kai̯s/

Noun

cais m (plural ceisiadau)

  1. try, claim, request
  2. application, bid
  3. (rugby) try
  4. (literary) quest
  • ceisio (“to attempt, to try”)
  • ceislen (“application form”)
  • ffurflen gais (“application form”)

Verb

cais

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cais gais nghais chais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Verb

cais

  1. to separate from
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