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Etymology
From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”). Cognate with ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก. Also compare Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gais
- chicken
Synonyms
Catalan
Adjective
gais
- plural of gai
Noun
gais
- plural of gai
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
gais
- masculine plural of gai
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
gais
- genitive singular of gas
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gais
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ghais
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ngais
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡais/
- Rhymes: -ais
- Syllabification: gais
Adjective
gais
- plural of gay
Noun
gais
- plural of gay
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
gais
- Soft mutation of cais.
Verb
gais
- Soft mutation of cais.
Mutation