Lais
See also: Laís
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editLais (plural Laises)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lais is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Lais is most common among White (85.82%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λαΐς (Laḯs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.is/, [ˈɫ̪äːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.is/, [ˈläːis]
Proper noun
editLāis f sg (genitive Lāidos); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lāis |
Genitive | Lāidos |
Dative | Lāidī |
Accusative | Lāida |
Ablative | Lāide |
Vocative | Lāis Lāi1 |
1In poetry.
References
edit- “Lais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Luxembourgish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editLais
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