< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/mais
Latin
Alternative forms
- *mas
Etymology
Syncopated form of magis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪs/
Adverb
*mais (not comparable)
- used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs
- preceded by the definite article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs
- more
- rather
Descendants
- Dalmatian: mui
- Istriot: mai
- Italian: mai
- → Ladino: ma
- Old French: mais, mes
- French: mais
- Old Portuguese: mais
- Fala: mais
- Galician: máis
- Portuguese: mais
- Old Occitan: mais, mai
- Catalan: mai, més
- Occitan: mai
- Romanian: mai
- Sardinian: mai
- Sicilian: mai