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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French estai, from Old English stæġ (“rope, stay”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą. More at stay.
Noun
étai m (plural étais)
- (nautical) a stay
Etymology 2
From Middle French estaie, from Old French atay, escai, *estai, of Germanic origin. More at stay.
Noun
étai m (plural étais)
- stay, prop, strut, support
Further reading
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·étai
- second-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·cota
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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·étai
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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·n-étai
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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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