Icelandic edit

Interjection edit

ái

  1. ouch!
    Synonyms: æ, áts, á

Noun edit

ái m (genitive singular áa, nominative plural áar)

  1. (archaic) ancestor, forefather, forebear

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Mandarin edit

Alternative forms edit

Romanization edit

ái (ai2, Zhuyin ㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of ,
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𮲔
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𰛥
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫘤
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𬺃, 𬺃
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠊎
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤸳
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦩴
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧪚
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩂢
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩪂
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩮖
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𪺾
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫨾

Northern Tepehuan edit

Noun edit

ái

  1. Obsolete spelling of ááyi.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *awô (grandfather).

Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anô (forefather, ancestor).

Noun edit

ái m (genitive á, plural ár)

  1. great-grandfather

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

  • afi (grandfather)
  • edda (great-grandmother)

Tày edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Chinese (ài).

Verb edit

ái ()

  1. to like; to want
    ái pây liêuto want to go out
    ái chin mác rèo năm mạy
    one must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits

Particle edit

ái

  1. (future marker) about to
    ái thâng nènTet is about to come

Adjective edit

ái

  1. near; close
    ái thâng rườnto come near home

Adverb edit

ái

  1. almost; nearly
    Ái mì 500 cần
    There are nearly 500 people
    ái thaialmost dead

Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Chinese .

Noun edit

ái ()

  1. strategic pass

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ái

  1. fence
    lọm aifences
    pác tu aifence gate
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to love; love).

Verb edit

ái

  1. (sinicized, slang, humorous) to love
Usage notes edit
See also edit

Noun edit

ái

  1. (chiefly in compounds) love

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ

Adjective edit

ái

  1. (slang) homosexual; gay
Synonyms edit

Interjection edit

ái!

  1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch
Synonyms edit

References edit