gai

See also: Gai, gái, gài, gãi, gāi, gǎi, and ga'i

Basque edit

Etymology edit

Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): /ɡai̯/ [ɡai̯]
Rhymes: -ai̯
Hyphenation: gai

Noun edit

gai inan

Declension edit

Declension of gai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gai	gaia	gaiak
ergative	gaik	gaiak	gaiek
dative	gairi	gaiari	gaiei
genitive	gairen	gaiaren	gaien
comitative	gairekin	gaiarekin	gaiekin
causative	gairengatik	gaiarengatik	gaiengatik
benefactive	gairentzat	gaiarentzat	gaientzat
instrumental	gaiez	gaiaz	gaiez
inessive	gaitan	gaian	gaietan
locative	gaitako	gaiko	gaietako
allative	gaitara	gaira	gaietara
terminative	gaitaraino	gairaino	gaietaraino
directive	gaitarantz	gairantz	gaietarantz
destinative	gaitarako	gairako	gaietarako
ablative	gaitatik	gaitik	gaietatik
partitive	gairik	—	—
prolative	gaitzat	—	—

Derived terms edit

gai izan (“to be capable of”)

References edit

^ “gai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡaj]

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Occitan gai. Compare Sicilian javiu.

Adjective edit

gai (feminine gaia, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

gay, merry
Synonyms: alegre, festiu

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English gay.

Adjective edit

gai m or f (masculine and feminine plural gais)

gay, homosexual

Noun edit

gai m (plural gais)

gay man

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Shortening.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: ga‧i

Verb edit

gai

Short for tagai.

French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”);^[1] or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”),^[2] both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [ɡ] as in French gaine.^[3] Doublet of vague in that case.

Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/, /ɡe/
audio (file)
Homophones: gaie, gaies, gais, gay, gays, guet, guets
Rhymes: -ɛ

Adjective edit

gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

cheerful; merry
gay; homosexual

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Related terms edit

gaillard

Descendants edit

Louisiana Creole: gé

References edit

^ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “gai”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
^ http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/word-origin-roots-gay/

Anagrams edit

agi

Irish edit

Noun edit

gai m (genitive singular gai, nominative plural gaethe)

Obsolete spelling of gae (“spear, dart; ray”)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gai	ghai	ngai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian edit

Adjective edit

gai

masculine plural of gaio

Anagrams edit

AGI, agi, agì, già

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

gai

Rōmaji transcription of がい

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

gai

Nonstandard spelling of gāi.
Nonstandard spelling of gǎi.
Nonstandard spelling of gài.

Usage notes edit

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan gai.

Adjective edit

gai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaie)

happy; cheerful; gay

Descendants edit

Middle French: gay
- French: gai
→ Middle English: gay
- English: gay
- Yola: gaaye, gaay, gay, gai
→ Middle Dutch: gay
- Dutch: gei, gaai

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Latin gaudium (“joy”), as borrowed from Old Occitan gai;^[1] alternatively of Germanic origin. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Adjective edit

gai

happy; joyous
- late 13rd century - early 14th century, Fernando Esquio, A un frade dizem escarallado:
  Cuid'eu que gai é, de piss'arreitado
  I believe he gets happy when his dick's erect

Descendants edit

Galician: gaio
Portuguese: gaio

References edit

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gayo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps of Germanic origin and from Frankish *gahi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“quick, lively, fast”).

Adjective edit

gai m or f (plural gais)

happy; joyous
- c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor:
  Per que tuih amador
  Son gai e chantador
  For all the lovers
  are joyous and full of song

Descendants edit

Occitan: gai
→ Old French: gai
- Middle French: gay
  - French: gai
- → Middle English: gay
  - English: gay
  - Yola: gaaye, gaay, gay, gai
- → Middle Dutch: gay
  - Dutch: gei, gaai
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: gai
- Galician: gaio
- Portuguese: gaio

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese galo and Spanish gallo.

Noun edit

gai

rooster

Rohingya edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

gai

cow

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Vietic *t-keː. Cognate with Arem takeː ("horn"), Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (whence Bahnar ake/hơke) and Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (whence Pacoh ki (“horn on nose, single tusk of rhino”)).

Alternative forms edit

(North Central Vietnam) cây

Noun edit

(classifier cái) gai • (荄, 核, 𣘃)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Vietic *-keː (“ramie”).

Alternative forms edit

(North Central Vietnam) cây

Noun edit

(classifier cây) gai • (𦃮)

ramie

Anagrams edit

gia

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.i/

Verb edit

gai

(stative) to be dead

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of gai (stative verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigai	migai	agai
2nd person		nigai	figai
3rd person	inanimate	igai	digai
3rd person	animate	magai	digai
imperative		—, gai	—, gai

Alternative forms edit

gei

Derived terms edit

fagei (“to kill (of non-humans)”)
magei (“dead, to die”)

References edit

Dick Teljeur (1982) Short Wordlists from South Halmahera, Kayoa, Makian, Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan‎^[1], Pacific linguistics
James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Yola edit

Adjective edit

gai

Alternative form of gaaye
- 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
  Gai Gaffort,
  Gay Gifford.

References edit

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126

Zhuang edit

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kaːi˨˦/
Tone numbers: gai¹
Hyphenation: gai

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Etymology 1 edit

From Chinese 街 (MC kea|keaj, “street”). Cognate with Bouyei gaail. Compare Cantonese 街 (gaai1).

Noun edit

gai (Sawndip form 街, 1957–1982 spelling gai)

street

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ (“to sell”). Cognate with Thai ขาย (kǎai), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຂາຍ (khāi), Lü ᦃᦻ (ẋaay), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪥ, Shan ၶၢႆ (khǎai), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Bouyei gaail. Compare Proto-Kam-Sui *kwe¹ (“to sell”) (whence Sui beel).

Verb edit

gai (Sawndip forms 𰷔 or ⿰改賣 or ⿰賣亥 or 皆 or 該 or 开 or 𬻦 or ⿱夫⿰丿丨 or ⿰出卖 or ⿰卖该 or ⿲丶开丶, 1957–1982 spelling gai)

to sell
Synonym: siu

Antonym: cawx

Derived terms edit

[1] “gai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

[2] Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “gai”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

[3] Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

[4] ttp://blog.oup.com/2012/02/word-origin-roots-gay/

[5] Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gayo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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