See also: étaï

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old French estai, from Old English stæġ (rope, stay), from Proto-Germanic *stagą. More at stay.

Noun edit

étai m (plural étais)

  1. (nautical) a stay

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle French estaie, from Old French atay, escai, *estai, of Germanic origin. More at stay.

Noun edit

étai m (plural étais)

  1. stay, prop, strut, support

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

·étai

  1. second-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·cota

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·étai unchanged ·n-étai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.