rai
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Yapese [Term?]
Noun edit
rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
rai (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)
- A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).
Anagrams edit
Atong (India) edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French rai, from Latin radius.
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Interjection edit
rai
- that's of no importance
- tu rai!, don't worry!
- això rai!, no problem!
Usage notes edit
- It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.
Further reading edit
- “rai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Fijian edit
Noun edit
rai
Verb edit
rai
- to see
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ/
- Homophones: raie, rets
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (“life”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rai m pl (plural only)
- (literary) rays
- (literary, figurative) looks
- (literary, figurative) eyes
Further reading edit
- rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
rai
Javanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- Carakan: ꦫꦲꦶ
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.
Noun edit
rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)
References edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
Kavalan edit
Noun edit
rai
Malay edit
Noun edit
rai
Maori edit
Noun edit
rai
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rai oblique singular, m (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)
- beam; ray (of light)
- late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan de Berne”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 314, line 202:
- li rais sor sa face luisoit
- the ray was shining on his face
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rai n (plural raiuri)
Declension edit
See also edit
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).
Noun edit
rai m (plural rais)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rai m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) ride, lift
- Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche
- No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai.
- Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.
Further reading edit
- “rai”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
rai (n class, plural rai)
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.
Noun edit
rai
Veps edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).
Noun edit
rai
Inflection edit
Inflection of rai (inflection type 9/čai) | |||
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nominative sing. | rai | ||
genitive sing. | rajun | ||
partitive sing. | rajud | ||
partitive plur. | — | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rai | — | |
accusative | rajun | — | |
genitive | rajun | — | |
partitive | rajud | — | |
essive-instructive | rajun | — | |
translative | rajuks | — | |
inessive | rajus | — | |
elative | rajuspäi | — | |
illative | rajuhu | — | |
adessive | rajul | — | |
ablative | rajulpäi | — | |
allative | rajule | — | |
abessive | rajuta | — | |
comitative | rajunke | — | |
prolative | rajudme | — | |
approximative I | rajunno | — | |
approximative II | rajunnoks | — | |
egressive | rajunnopäi | — | |
terminative I | rajuhusai | — | |
terminative II | rajulesai | — | |
terminative III | rajussai | — | |
additive I | rajuhupäi | — | |
additive II | rajulepäi | — |
References edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
rai
- Soft mutation of rhai.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhai | rai | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |