gai

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See also: Gai, gái, gài, gãi, gāi, gǎi, and ga'i

Basque

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡai̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: gai

Noun

gai inan

  1. material
  2. matter, stuff
  3. topic, subject

Declension

Declension of gai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gai gaia gaiak
ergative gaik gaiak gaiek
dative gairi gaiari gaiei
genitive gairen gaiaren gaien
comitative gairekin gaiarekin gaiekin
causative gairengatik gaiarengatik gaiengatik
benefactive gairentzat gaiarentzat gaientzat
instrumental gaiez gaiaz gaiez
inessive gaitan gaian gaietan
locative gaitako gaiko gaietako
allative gaitara gaira gaietara
terminative gaitaraino gairaino gaietaraino
directive gaitarantz gairantz gaietarantz
destinative gaitarako gairako gaietarako
ablative gaitatik gaitik gaietatik
partitive gairik — —
prolative gaitzat — —

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • “gai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “gai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Occitan gai. Compare Sicilian javiu.

Adjective

gai (feminine gaia, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

  1. gay, merry
    Synonyms: alegre, festiu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gay.

Adjective

gai m or f (masculine and feminine plural gais)

  1. gay, homosexual

Noun

gai m (plural gais)

  1. gay man

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧i

Verb

gai

  1. Short for tagai.

French

Etymology

From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”);[1] or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”),[2] both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with * → as in French gaine.[3] Doublet of vague in that case.

Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

  1. cheerful; merry
  2. gay; homosexual

Antonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: gé

References

  1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “gai”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
  2. ^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
  3. ^ http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/word-origin-roots-gay/

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

gai m (genitive singular gai, nominative plural gaethe)

  1. Obsolete spelling of gae (“spear, dart; ray”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of gai
radical lenition eclipsis
gai ghai ngai

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

Italian

Adjective

gai

  1. masculine plural of gaio

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

gai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がい

Mandarin

Romanization

gai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gǎi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gài.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

Perhaps from Ternate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.i/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧i

Noun

gai

  1. maggots

Usage notes

Often used as a plurale tantum.

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Old Occitan gai.

Adjective

gai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaie)

  1. happy; cheerful; gay

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Latin gaudium (“joy”), as borrowed from Old Occitan gai;[1] alternatively of Germanic origin. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Adjective

gai

  1. happy; joyous
    • late 13rd century - early 14th century, Fernando Esquio, A un frade dizem escarallado:
      Cuid'eu que gai é, de piss'arreitado
      I believe he gets happy when his dick's erect

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “gayo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Occitan

Etymology

Perhaps of Germanic origin and from Frankish *gahi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“quick, lively, fast”).

Adjective

gai m or f (plural gais)

  1. happy; joyous
    • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor:
      Per que tuih amador
      Son gai e chantador
      For all the lovers
      are joyous and full of song

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese galo and Spanish gallo.

Noun

gai

  1. rooster

Rohingya

Pronunciation

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Noun

gai

  1. cow

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-keː. Cognate with Arem takeː ("horn"), Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (whence Bahnar ake/hơke) and Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (whence Pacoh ki (“horn on nose, single tusk of rhino”)).

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) cây

Noun

(classifier cái) gai • (荄, 核, 𣘃)

  1. hemp-nettle
  2. thorn
  3. prickle

(classifier cây, quả, trái) gai

  1. (Central Vietnam) pineapple
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *-keː (“ramie”).

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) cây

Noun

(classifier cây) gai • (荄, 𦃮)

  1. ramie
Derived terms

Anagrams

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

gai

  1. (stative) to be dead

Conjugation

Conjugation of gai (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tigai migai agai
2nd person nigai figai
3rd person inanimate igai digai
animate magai
imperative —, gai —, gai

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • fagei (“to kill (of non-humans)”)
  • magei (“dead, to die”)

References

  • Dick Teljeur (1982) Short Wordlists from South Halmahera, Kayoa, Makian, Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan‎, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yola

Adjective

gai

  1. Alternative form of gaaye
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Gai Gaffort,
      Gay Gifford.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126

Zhuang

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Chinese 街 (MC kea|keaj, “street”). Cognate with Bouyei gaail and Tày cai. Compare Cantonese 街 (gaai1).

Noun

gai (Sawndip form 街, 1957–1982 spelling gai)

  1. street

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ (“to sell”). Cognate with Thai ขาย (kǎai), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຂາຍ (khāi), Lü ᦃᦻ (ẋaay), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪥ, Shan ၶၢႆ (khǎai), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Bouyei gaail. Compare Proto-Kam-Sui *kwe¹ (“to sell”) (whence Sui beel).

Verb

gai (Sawndip forms 𰷔 or ⿰改賣 or ⿰賣亥 or 皆 or 該 or 开 or 𬻦 or ⿱夫⿰丿丨 or ⿰出卖 or ⿰卖该 or ⿲丶开丶, 1957–1982 spelling gai)

  1. to sell
    Synonym: siu
    Antonym: cawx
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