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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Sais.
Noun
Sais (plural Sais or Saeson)
- (Wales, informal) Someone from England; Englander
Anagrams
- AISs, ASIS, ASIs, Assi, ISAs, Issa, SSIA, as is, as-is, is-as, issa
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Sais m or f by sense
- a surname from Sardinian
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sais f sg (genitive Sais); third declension
- Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Sais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh Seis, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Cornish Sows, Breton Saoz. Doublet of Sacson.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sais m (plural Saeson, feminine Saesnes, not mutable)
- Englishman
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Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Sais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies