ái

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Icelandic

Interjection

ái

  1. ouch!
    Synonyms: æ, áts, á

Noun

ái m (genitive singular áa, nominative plural áar)

  1. (archaic) ancestor, forefather, forebear

Declension

declension of ái
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ái áinn áar áarnir
accusative áa áann áa áana
dative áa áanum áum áunum
genitive áa áans áa áanna

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

ái (ai2, Zhuyin ㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皚／皑, 凒
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呆
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啀
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘊
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵦
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挨
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捱
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敱
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敳／𮲔
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溰／𰛥
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癊
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癌
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騃／𫘤
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㱯
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䶣／𬺃, 𬺃
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠊎
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤸳
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦩴
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧪚
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩂢
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩪂
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩮖
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𪺾
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫨾

Northern Tepehuan

Noun

ái

  1. Obsolete spelling of ááyi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather, ancestor”).

Noun

ái m (genitive á, plural ár)

  1. great-grandfather

Declension

  Declension of ái (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ái áinn ár árnir
accusative á áinn á áina
dative á áinum ám ánum
genitive á áins á áinna

Derived terms

See also

  • afi (“grandfather”)
  • edda (“great-grandmother”)

Tày

Etymology

From Chinese 愛／爱 (ài).

Pronunciation

Verb

ái (愛)

  1. to like; to desire
    门亲愛故許都
    Mòn thân ái cổ hẩư đo
    A child must great care of his/her parents' needs.
  2. to want; to desire; to wish
    ái pây liêu ― to want to go out
    Ái chin mác rèo năm mạy.
    One must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits.
    愛昼𫢍贤勤占𲁂𪦸
    Ái rụ cần hiền cần chiêm slửa lục
    If one wants to know how kind a child's mother is, one needs to look at the shirts he/she is wearing

Particle

ái

  1. (future marker) about to
    ái thâng nèn ― Tet is about to come

Adjective

ái

  1. near; close
    ái thâng rườn ― to come near home

Adverb

ái

  1. almost; nearly
    Ái mì 500 cần ― There are nearly 500 people

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 愛 (“to love; love”).

Verb

ái

  1. (sinicized, slang, humorous) to love
Usage notes
See also

Noun

ái

  1. (chiefly in compounds) love

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ

Adjective

ái

  1. (slang) homosexual; gay
Synonyms

Interjection

ái!

  1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch
Synonyms

References

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