Asturian edit

Noun edit

cais

  1. plural of cai

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cais

  1. inflection of cas (twisted, winding; curly; complicated, intricate; twisty, devious):
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cais chais gcais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish [Term?].

Noun edit

cais m (invariable)

  1. quay, wharf, pier
  2. platform

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

cais

  1. second-person singular present indicative of cair

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

cais f pl

  1. plural of cal

Romanian edit

 
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Cais

Etymology edit

Back-formation from caisă (apricot fruit), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kayısı).

Noun edit

cais m (plural caiși)

  1. apricot (tree)

Declension edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates (even in Breton or Cornish) by GPC. Maybe borrowed from English case then, with semantic shift "case" > "application, request" > "attempt, effort"? Alternatively, related to Latin quaerō (to seek, ask, endeavor)?”

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)

  1. try, claim, request
  2. application, bid
  3. (rugby) try
  4. (literary) quest

Related terms edit

Verb edit

cais

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cais gais nghais chais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Ratliff lists this as a native word.[1] Looks like it could be borrowed from Chinese (to dismantle), though.”

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cais

  1. to separate from, exclude, segregate, split
    Lawv cais nws tawm hauv tsev neeg.They exclude him from the family.

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.