aí

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ad ibī (“to/at there”). Cognate with Spanish ahí.

Adverb

aí (Hebrew spelling אאי)

  1. there

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

aí

  1. his, hers, theirs (optionally governed by the definite article)
  2. (partitive genitive) of him, of her, of them

Inflection

Normally uninflected, but the following forms, which Thurneysen considers artificial Latinisms, are found in the Milan glosses:

Quotations

  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25d14
    Dos·n-aidlibea uili; ní ain nechtar n-aíï, indí nachid·chúalatar et tremi·tíagat
    He will visit them all; he will not protect either of them, those who did not hear it nor those who transgress it.
  • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
    Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
    It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.

Mutation

Mutation of aí
radical lenition nasalization
aí
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aí

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧í

Etymology 1

    From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.

    Alternative forms

    Adverb

    aí (not comparable)

    2. there (close to the second person (you))
      O livro está aí, ao seu lado.
      The book is there, next to you.
    4. towards the second person
      Irei aí.
      I’ll go to you.
    6. then (soon afterwards)
      Synonym: então
      O telhado caiu, aí reconstruiram a casa.
      The roof collapsed, then they rebuilt the house.
    8. in this case; in this situation; this way
      O livro pode ser queimado. Aí não tem como restaurá-lo.
      The book may be burned. This way it is impossible to restore it.
    Derived terms
    See also
    Portuguese demonstratives
    pronouns adverbs
    singular plural neuter
    masculine feminine masculine feminine
    proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
    de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
    em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
    medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
    de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
    em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
    distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá, acolá
    de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali, dacolá
    em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
    a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
    anaphoric X o a os as — —
    de + X do da dos das
    em + X no na nos nas
    a + X ao à aos às

    Interjection

    aí!

    2. yeah! (expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.)
      Synonyms: aê!, é isso aí!

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Old Tupi a'y.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      aí f (plural aís)

      1. (Brazil, dialectal) sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)
        Synonyms: bicho-preguiça, preguiça
      Descendants
      • → English: ai

      References

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