alai

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Basque

Etymology

There are two hypotheses concerning the origin of this word:

  • A back-formation from the adverb alaikiro (“happily, merrily”), itself from Latin alacer.
  • From Spanish alhaja (“jewel”), with the final -a being reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alai̯/
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  • Rhymes: -alai̯
  • Hyphenation: a‧lai

Adjective

alai (comparative alaiago, superlative alaien, excessive alaiegi)

  1. joyous, happy

Declension

Declension of alai (adjective, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive alai alaia alaiak
ergative alaik alaiak alaiek
dative alairi alaiari alaiei
genitive alairen alaiaren alaien
comitative alairekin alaiarekin alaiekin
causative alairengatik alaiarengatik alaiengatik
benefactive alairentzat alaiarentzat alaientzat
instrumental alaiz alaiaz alaiez
inessive anim. alairengan alaiarengan alaiengan
inanim. alaitan alaian alaietan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. alaitako alaiko alaietako
allative anim. alairengana alaiarengana alaiengana
inanim. alaitara alaira alaietara
terminative anim. alairenganaino alaiarenganaino alaienganaino
inanim. alaitaraino alairaino alaietaraino
directive anim. alairenganantz alaiarenganantz alaienganantz
inanim. alaitarantz alairantz alaietarantz
destinative anim. alairenganako alaiarenganako alaienganako
inanim. alaitarako alairako alaietarako
ablative anim. alairengandik alaiarengandik alaiengandik
inanim. alaitatik alaitik alaietatik
partitive alairik — —
prolative alaitzat — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “alai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "alai" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “alai” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

alai

  1. place
    Synonym: endur

Italian

Verb

alai

  1. first-person singular past historic of alare

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

alai f

  1. dative singular of ala

Portuguese

Verb

alai

  1. second-person plural imperative of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).

Noun

alai n (plural alaiuri)

  1. crowd that follows a ceremony

Declension

Declension of alai
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) alai alaiul (niște) alaiuri alaiurile
genitive/dative (unui) alai alaiului (unor) alaiuri alaiurilor
vocative alaiule alaiurilor
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