gais

See also: Gais

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”). Cognate with ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก. Also compare Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐi˧˥/

Noun

gais

1. chicken

Synonyms

• duezgais

Catalan

Adjective

gais

1. plural of gai

Noun

gais

1. plural of gai

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/
• Homophones: gai, gaie, gaies, gay, gays
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Adjective

gais

1. masculine plural of gai

Anagrams

• agis

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʃ/

Noun

gais

1. inflection of gas:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of gais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gais	ghais	ngais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “doublet of gaz?”)

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.is/

Noun

gais m inan

1. (Żywiec) Synonym of nafta

Further reading

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “gais”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡais/ [ˈɡai̯s]
• Rhymes: -ais
• Syllabification: gais

Adjective

gais

1. plural of gay

Noun

gais

1. plural of gay

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡai̯s/

Noun

gais

1. Soft mutation of cais.

Verb

gais

1. Soft mutation of cais.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cais

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cais	gais	nghais	chais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.