máis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mais"
Fala
editAlternative forms
edit- mais (Frades Gaspar's form)
Etymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmáis
- most, -est (forms superlatives)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
- O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.
- The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.
Determiner
editmáis
- more than what has been specified
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme VI, Chapter 1::
- Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.
- There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.
- yet another
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:
- As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.
- The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.
References
editGalician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin magis. Compare Portuguese mais.
Adverb
editmáis
- more, especially used in forming the superlative of adjectives
- obxectos máis modernos
- more modern objects
- punto máis alto
- higher point (literally "point more high")
Determiner
editmáis
- more, additional
- máis información
- more information
Usage notes
editThe accent disambiguates from the conjunction mais (“and, but”).
Derived terms
editIrish
editNoun
editmáis m
Portuguese
editAdverb
editmáis (not comparable)
Categories:
- Fala terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Fala terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Fala terms inherited from Latin
- Fala terms derived from Latin
- Fala terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Fala/ai̯s
- Rhymes:Fala/ai̯s/1 syllable
- Fala lemmas
- Fala adverbs
- Fala terms with quotations
- Fala determiners
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician lemmas
- Galician adverbs
- Galician terms with usage examples
- Galician determiners
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese adverbs
- Portuguese uncomparable adverbs
- Portuguese obsolete forms