aí
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin [Term?], from paragogic a- + ibī (“there”).
Adverb edit
aí (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי)
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
aí
- his, hers, theirs (optionally governed by the definite article)
- (partitive genitive) of him, of her, of them
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
- Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
- It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
Inflection edit
Normally uninflected, but the following forms, which Thurneysen considers artificial Latinisms, are found in the Milan glosses:
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
aí | unchanged | n-aí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 aí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 444, 507e, pages 278–79, 322
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: a‧í
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.
Adverb edit
aí (not comparable)
- there (close to the second person (you))
- O livro está aí, ao seu lado.
- The book is there, next to you.
- towards the second person
- Irei aí.
- I’ll go to you.
- then (soon afterwards)
- Synonym: então
- O telhado caiu, aí reconstruiram a casa.
- The roof collapsed, then they rebuilt the house.
- in this case; in this situation; this way
- O livro pode ser queimado. Aí não tem como restaurá-lo.
- The book may be burned. This way it is impossible to restore it.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Portuguese demonstratives (edit) | |||||||
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Pronouns | Adverbs | ||||||
Singular | Plural | Neuter | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
Proximal | X | este | esta | estes | estas | isto | aqui, cá |
de + X | deste | desta | destes | destas | disto | daqui | |
em + X | neste | nesta | nestes | nestas | nisto | — | |
Medial | X | esse | essa | esses | essas | isso | aí |
de + X | desse | dessa | desses | dessas | disso | daí | |
em + X | nesse | nessa | nesses | nessas | nisso | — | |
Distal | X | aquele | aquela | aqueles | aquelas | aquilo | ali, lá, acolá |
de + X | daquele | daquela | daqueles | daquelas | daquilo | dali | |
em + X | naquele | naquela | naqueles | naquelas | naquilo | — | |
a + X | àquele | àquela | àqueles | àquelas | àquilo | ||
Anaphoric | X | o | a | os | as | — | — |
de + X | do | da | dos | das | |||
em + X | no | na | nos | nas | |||
a + X | ao | à | aos | às |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Tupi a'í, onomatopoeic.
Noun edit
aí f (plural aís)
- A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
- Synonym: aígue
See also edit
References edit
- A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986)
Interjection edit
aí!
- yeah! (expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.)
- Synonym: é isso aí!