ais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ais"

English

Noun

ais

plural of ai

Anagrams

A. S. I., A.S.I., ASI, Asi, IAS, IAs, ISA, Isa, Isa., Sia, a-Si, is-a, sai

Bavarian

Etymology

From Old High German īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą.

Noun

ais n

(Sappada, Sauris, Timau) ice

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From English ice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ais/
Hyphenation: a‧is

Noun

ais

ice (water in frozen form)

Catalan

Noun

ais

plural of ai

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. Cognate with German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Icelandic ís.

Noun

ais n (uncountable)

(Luserna, Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) ice
'Z ais ist bassar gabróart. ― Ice is frozen water. (Sette Comuni dialect)

Declension

Declension of ais – 3rddeclension

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	an	's	ais
accusative	an	's	ais
dative	aname	me	aise

Sette Comuni dialect

Derived terms

aisbint
aisnaaghel
aissokkel

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
“ais” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse íss, From Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare English ice and Swedish is.

Noun

ais m

ice

Inflection

Declension of ais

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ais	aiseð	ais	aisę
accusative	ais	aiseð	ais	aisę
dative	aise	aisę	aisum	aisum(e)
genitive	—	—	—	—

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aisa. Cognate with Finnish aisa.

Noun

ais (genitive aisa, partitive aisa)

shaft, any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive shaft of an engine
thill

Declension

Declension of ais (type hein)

	singular	plural
nominative	ais	aisad
genitive	aisa	aiste / aisade
partitive	aisa	aisu / aisasid
illative	aisa / aisasse	aistesse / aisadesse
inessive	aisas	aistes / aisades
elative	aisast	aistest / aisadest
allative	aisale	aistele / aisadele
adessive	aisal	aistel / aisadel
ablative	aisalt	aistelt / aisadelt
translative	aisaks	aisteks / aisadeks
terminative	aisani	aisteni / aisadeni
essive	aisana	aistena / aisadena
abessive	aisata	aisteta / aisadeta
comitative	aisaga	aistega / aisadega

Finnish

Etymology

From German Ais (German key notation).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯s/, [ˈɑi̯s̠]
Rhymes: -ɑis
Syllabification^(key): ais

Noun

ais

(music) A-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Inflection of ais (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		ais	aisit
genitive		aisin	aisien
partitive		aisia	aiseja
illative		aisiin	aiseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ais	aisit
accusative	nom.	ais	aisit
accusative	gen.	aisin	aisit
genitive		aisin	aisien
partitive		aisia	aiseja
inessive		aisissa	aiseissa
elative		aisista	aiseista
illative		aisiin	aiseihin
adessive		aisilla	aiseilla
ablative		aisilta	aiseilta
allative		aisille	aiseille
essive		aisina	aiseina
translative		aisiksi	aiseiksi
instructive		—	aisein
abessive		aisitta	aiseitta
comitative		—	aiseineen

Possessive forms of ais (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	aisini	aisimme
2nd person	aisisi	aisinne
3rd person	aisinsa

Anagrams

-ias, -isa, sai

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Doublet of axe, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

ais m (plural ais)

board, plank

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʔɪs/
Rhymes: -ais

Etymology 1

From Gayo [Term?].

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais, first-person possessive aisku, second-person possessive aismu, third-person possessive aisnya)

handball: the offence of a player touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

Etymology 2

From Batak.

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais, first-person possessive aisku, second-person possessive aismu, third-person possessive aisnya)

pig areola

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʃ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /æʃ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /æʃ/, /ɛʃ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ais (“back”).

Noun

ais

back: Only used in ar ais (back) and le hais (beside, compared with)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle”).

Noun

ais f (genitive singular aise, nominative plural aiseanna)

axis
ais an Domhain
Earth’s axis

Declension

Declension of ais

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ais	aiseanna
Vocative	a ais	a aiseanna
Genitive	aise	aiseanna
Dative	ais	aiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ais	na haiseanna
Genitive	na haise	na n-aiseanna
Dative	leis an ais don ais	leis na haiseanna

Derived terms

aon-aiseach (“uniaxial”, adjective)
mór-ais f (“major axis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ais	n-ais	hais	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ais (‘back, hinder part’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.is/, [ˈäɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.is/, [ˈäːis]

Verb

ais

second-person singular present active indicative of aiō

Usage notes

Old forms found in Plautus are aīs (two syllables), a͡is (one syllable).

Derived terms

aisne tu (ain' tu)

Malay

ais

Etymology

From English ice.

Pronunciation

(Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aes/
(Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɪs/
Rhymes: -aes, -es

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais, informal 1st possessive aisku, 2nd possessive aismu, 3rd possessive aisnya)

ice (water in frozen form)

Alternative forms

es (Indonesia)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”). Cognate with German Eis, English ice.

Noun

ais n

ice

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Norman

Etymology

From Latin axis.

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun

ais m (plural ais)

(Guernsey, Jersey) shelf, mantelpiece

Old Irish

Noun

ais

Alternative spelling of aís

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ais	unchanged	n-ais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ais m (Cyrillic spelling аис)

(music) A-sharp

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eis, from Proto-Brythonic *assī, from Proto-Celtic *astū, from pre-Celtic *h₂estōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”) (compare Irish easna, Latin os, Albanian asht). Doublet of asen; related to asgwrn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ai̯s/

Noun

ais f pl (singulative eisen)

(anatomy) ribs
laths

Synonyms

(ribs): asennau

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ais	unchanged	unchanged	hais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

ais

English

Noun

Anagrams

Bavarian

Etymology

Noun

References

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Catalan

Noun

Cimbrian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Elfdalian

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Alternative forms

See also

Mòcheno

Etymology

Noun

References

Norman

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Irish

Noun

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian