áis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ais"

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔáís/

Adjective

áis

  1. (of an animal) pregnant

References

  • Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[1], Leiden University, page 297

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːʃ/, /aːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áis, óis (“free will, consent”).[1]

Noun

áis f (genitive singular áise, nominative plural áiseanna)

  1. convenience, amenity (something that makes life easier)
  2. facility (physical means or contrivance for doing something; building or campus)
  3. aid, service
  4. (archaic) free will, consent
Declension
Declension of áis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative áis áiseanna
vocative a áis a áiseanna
genitive áise áiseanna
dative áis áiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an áis na háiseanna
genitive na háise na n-áiseanna
dative leis an áis
don áis 		leis na háiseanna
Synonyms
  • (convenience, facility): saoráid
Derived terms
  • ar áis (“at ease (military)”)
  • ar d'áis (“at one's ease, at one's convenience”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

áis

  1. vocative/genitive singular of ás

Mutation

Mutated forms of áis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áis n-áis háis not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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