cais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"

Asturian

Noun

cais

1. plural of cai

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʃ]

Adjective

cais

1. inflection of cas (“twisted, winding; curly; complicated, intricate; twisty, devious”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

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

• cays, caes, cayz (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/ [ˈkaɪ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophone: cás (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cais

Etymology 1

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish [Term?].

Noun

cais m (invariable)

1. quay, wharf, pier
2. platform

See also

• píer m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cais

1. second-person singular present indicative of cair

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cais f pl

1. plural of cal

Romanian

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Cais

Etymology

Back-formation from caisă (“apricot fruit”), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kayısı).

Noun

cais m (plural caiși)

1. apricot (tree)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cais	caisul	(niște) caiși	caișii
genitive/dative	(unui) cais	caisului	(unor) caiși	caișilor
vocative	caisule		caișilor

Declension of cais

Welsh

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates (even in Breton or Cornish) by GPC. Maybe borrowed from English case then, with semantic shift "case" > "application, request" > "attempt, effort"? Alternatively, related to Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)?”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯s/
• Rhymes: -ai̯s

Noun

cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)

1. try, claim, request
2. application, bid
3. (rugby) try
4. (literary) quest

Related terms

• ceisio (“to attempt, to try”)
• ceislen (“application form”)
• ffurflen gais (“application form”)

Verb

cais

1. third-person singular present indicative/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.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ratliff lists this as a native word.[1] Looks like it could be borrowed from Chinese 拆 (“to dismantle”), though.”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cai̯˩/

Verb

cais

1. to separate from, exclude, segregate, split

   Lawv cais nws tawm hauv tsev neeg. ― They exclude him from the family.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25