English

Noun

Tais

1. plural of Tai

English

Noun

tais ‎(plural tais)

1. A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

Verb

tais

1. first-person singular present indicative of taire
2. second-person singular present indicative of taire
3. second-person singular imperative of taire

Anagrams

• sait

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tais ‎(“damp, moist; soft, smooth; gentle, kind, easy; weak, feeble, spiritless, timid”).

Adjective

tais ‎(genitive singular masculine tais, genitive singular feminine taise, plural taise, comparative taise)

1. damp, moist, humid
2. soft, smooth, tender
3. mild, gentle; kind, compassionate
4. soft, weak, indulgent

Declension

Derived terms

• tais- ‎(“moist, hygro-”)
• taisdíonach ‎(“damp-proof”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tais f ‎(genitive singular taise)

1. Alternative form of taise ‎(“doppelganger, fetch, wraith; shade, apparition, ghost”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "tais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 tais” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latvian

Pronoun

tais

1. in those; locative plural masculine form of tas
2. in those; locative plural feminine form of tas

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtajs]

Noun

tais m (plural taisses)

1. badger

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtajs/, /ˈtajʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtajʃ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• taes (obsolete)

Pronoun

tais

1. plural of tal

Etymology 2

Noun

tais m (uncountable)

1. (rare) tais (a traditional woven textile of East Timor)

White Hmong

Noun

tais

1. basin
2. dish, plate
3. cup

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)