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cais

cais

See also: CAIS, cáis, and caís

Irish

Adjective

cais

  1. vocative masculine singular of cas
  2. genitive masculine singular of cas
  3. (archaic) dative feminine singular of cas

Mutation

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkajʃ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkajʃ/, /ˈkajs/
  • Hyphenation: cais

Etymology 1

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish.

Noun

cais m (plural cais)

  1. quay, wharf, pier

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

cais

  1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of cair
    Tu cais sozinho.
    You fall by yourself.

Etymology 3

Noun

cais f

  1. plural of cal

Romanian

Cais

Etymology

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

Noun

cais m (plural caiși)

  1. apricot (tree)

Declension


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kai̯s/

Noun

cais m (plural ceisiadau)

  1. try, claim, request
  2. application, bid
  3. trunk call
  4. quest

Derived terms

Verb

cais

  1. third-person singular present/future of ceisio

Mutation

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.