Sais
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Sais (plural Sais or Saeson)
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Sais m or f by sense
- a surname from Sardinian
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈs̠äɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈsäːis]
Proper noun edit
Sais f sg (genitive Sais); third declension
- Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sais |
Genitive | Sais |
Dative | Saī |
Accusative | Saim |
Ablative | Sae |
Vocative | Sais |
Locative | Saī Sae |
References edit
- “Sais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh Seis, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Cornish Sows, Breton Saoz. Doublet of Sacson.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /saːi̯s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /sai̯s/
Noun edit
Sais m (plural Saeson, feminine Saesnes, not mutable)
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Sais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies