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Etymology
From Proto-Tai *qraj (“egg”). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Northern Thai ᨡᩱ᩵ (khai), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Zhuang gyaeq. Compare Sui geis (“egg”) and Southern Kam geiv (“egg”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jais
- egg
French
Etymology
From Latin gagāten (“jet”), from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs, “lignite; jet”, literally “stone of Gagas”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jais m (plural jais)
- (mineralogy) jet
Further reading
Lithuanian
Pronoun
jais m pl
- third-person plural instrumental of jie
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French jais.
Noun
jais n (uncountable)
- jet (coal)
Declension
declension of jais (singular only)
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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(un) jais
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jaisul
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(unui) jais
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jaisului
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jaisule
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