tailleiz

Old French

Alternative forms

  • taillëis (late)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius, from Latin taliāre (“cut”). By surface analysis, tailler +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /taʎəˈits/
  • (late) IPA(key): /taʎ(ə)ˈis/

Adjective

tailleiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular taillëice)

  1. cut out, framed, carpentered

Noun

tailleiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural tailleiz, nominative singular tailleiz, nominative plural tailleiz)

  1. shrubbery

Descendants

  • French: taillis

References

  • Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.
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