rai

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English

Etymology 1

From Yapese raay.

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

  1. stone money
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

rai (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of raï (musical style)

Etymology 3

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

  1. A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).

Anagrams

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Also found in Catalan rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrai̯/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Syllabification: rai

Interjection

rai

  1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said. This great ease can also derive into downplaying something.
    Si tu pagas, rai!!If you pay, then sure!
    Ixò rai!don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!
    A vusatros rai!, que ixo no tos afecta!Of course that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!

Usage notes

  • It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Noun

rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)

  1. reed

References

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. raft
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown. Also found in Aragonese rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

Interjection

rai

  1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said.
    Si tu pagues, rai!!If you pay, then sure!
    Això rai!don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!
    Clar, a vosaltresrai!, si això no us afecta!Of course, that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!
Usage notes
  • It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

Further reading

Fijian

Noun

rai

  1. sight

Verb

rai

  1. to see

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.

Pronunciation

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray, beam (of light etc.)
    Synonym: rayon
  2. spoke (of wheel)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray, beam
  2. spoke
  3. radius

Hausa

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (life).

Pronunciation

Noun

râi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)

  1. life
  2. spirit, mind
  3. hope, salvation
  4. prosperity

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: rài

Noun

rai m pl (plural only)

  1. (literary) rays
  2. (literary, figurative) looks
  3. (literary, figurative) eyes

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

rai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ライ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.

Noun

rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

  1. face
    Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

References

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Kavalan

Noun

rai

  1. mussel

Malay

Noun

rai

  1. rye

Maori

Noun

rai

  1. rye

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (spoke).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

Old French

Etymology

From Latin rādius.

Noun

rai oblique singularm (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)

  1. beam; ray (of light)
    • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan de Berne”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 314, line 202:
      li rais sor sa face luisoit
      the ray was shining on his face

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: rai
  • English: ray
  • French: rai
  • Norman: rai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (wealth, goods).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raj/
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Noun

rai n (plural raiuri)

  1. eden
  2. paradise

Declension

See also

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (ruler, king).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

  1. (Vallader) king

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrai/
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: rai

Noun

rai m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) ride, lift
    Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche
    No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai.
    Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

rai (n class, plural rai)

  1. opinion, view

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic .

Verb

-rai (infinitive kurai)

  1. to coax
Conjugation
Conjugation of -rai
Positive present -narai
Subjunctive -rai
Negative -rai
Imperative singular rai
Infinitives
Positive kurai
Negative kutorai
Imperatives
Singular rai
Plural raini
Tensed forms
Habitual hurai
Positive past positive subject concord + -lirai
Negative past negative subject concord + -kurai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narai)
Singular Plural
1st person ninarai/narai tunarai
2nd person unarai mnarai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarai wanarai
other classes positive subject concord + -narai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rai)
Singular Plural
1st person sirai haturai
2nd person hurai hamrai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) harai hawarai
other classes negative subject concord + -rai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarai
Negative future negative subject concord + -tarai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rai)
Singular Plural
1st person nirai turai
2nd person urai mrai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai
other classes positive subject concord + -rai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirai
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerai
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerai
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirai
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arai)
Singular Plural
1st person narai twarai
2nd person warai mwarai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai
m-mi(III/IV) warai yarai
ji-ma(V/VI) larai yarai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) charai vyarai
n(IX/X) yarai zarai
u(XI) warai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwarai
pa(XVI) parai
mu(XVIII) mwarai
Perfect positive subject concord + -merai
"Already" positive subject concord + -mesharai
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarai
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kirai
"If not" positive subject concord + -siporai
Consecutive karai / positive subject concord + -karai
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karai
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nirai -turai
2nd person -kurai -warai/-kuraini/-waraini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrai -warai
m-mi(III/IV) -urai -irai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lirai -yarai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirai -virai
n(IX/X) -irai -zirai
u(XI) -urai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kurai
pa(XVI) -parai
mu(XVIII) -murai
Reflexive -jirai
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rai- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -raiye -raio
m-mi(III/IV) -raio -raiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -railo -raiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -raicho -raivyo
n(IX/X) -raiyo -raizo
u(XI) -raio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -raiko
pa(XVI) -raipo
mu(XVIII) -raimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rai)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yerai -orai
m-mi(III/IV) -orai -yorai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lorai -yorai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorai -vyorai
n(IX/X) -yorai -zorai
u(XI) -orai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -korai
pa(XVI) -porai
mu(XVIII) -morai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic .

Noun

rai (n class, plural rai)

  1. health

Tetum

Etymology

From *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.

Noun

rai

  1. earth
  2. land

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).

Noun

rai

  1. paradise, heaven

Inflection

Inflection of rai (inflection type 9/čai)
nominative sing. rai
genitive sing. rajun
partitive sing. rajud
partitive plur.
singular plural
nominative rai
accusative rajun
genitive rajun
partitive rajud
essive-instructive rajun
translative rajuks
inessive rajus
elative rajuspäi
illative rajuhu
adessive rajul
ablative rajulpäi
allative rajule
abessive rajuta
comitative rajunke
prolative rajudme
approximative I rajunno
approximative II rajunnoks
egressive rajunnopäi
terminative I rajuhusai
terminative II rajulesai
terminative III rajussai
additive I rajuhupäi
additive II rajulepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “рай”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

Determiner

rai

  1. Soft mutation of rhai.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhai rai unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.