alai

Basque

Etymology

There are two hypotheses concerning the origin of this word:

• A back-formation from the adverb alaikiro (“happily, merrily”), itself from Latin alacer.
• From Spanish alhaja (“jewel”), with the final -a being reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alai̯/ [a.lai̯]

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• Rhymes: -alai̯
• Hyphenation: a‧lai

Adjective

alai (comparative alaiago, superlative alaien, excessive alaiegi)

1. joyous, happy

Declension

Declension of alai (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		alai	alaia	alaiak
ergative		alaik	alaiak	alaiek
dative		alairi	alaiari	alaiei
genitive		alairen	alaiaren	alaien
comitative		alairekin	alaiarekin	alaiekin
causative		alairengatik	alaiarengatik	alaiengatik
benefactive		alairentzat	alaiarentzat	alaientzat
instrumental		alaiz	alaiaz	alaiez
inessive	anim.	alairengan	alaiarengan	alaiengan
	inanim.	alaitan	alaian	alaietan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	alaitako	alaiko	alaietako
allative	anim.	alairengana	alaiarengana	alaiengana
	inanim.	alaitara	alaira	alaietara
terminative	anim.	alairenganaino	alaiarenganaino	alaienganaino
	inanim.	alaitaraino	alairaino	alaietaraino
directive	anim.	alairenganantz	alaiarenganantz	alaienganantz
	inanim.	alaitarantz	alairantz	alaietarantz
destinative	anim.	alairenganako	alaiarenganako	alaienganako
	inanim.	alaitarako	alairako	alaietarako
ablative	anim.	alairengandik	alaiarengandik	alaiengandik
	inanim.	alaitatik	alaitik	alaietatik
partitive		alairik	—	—
prolative		alaitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• jai alai

Further reading

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

Franco-Provençal

Verb

alai (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of alar (“to go”) documented in the following location(s): Fontainemore

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alai/

Noun

alai

1. place

   Synonym: endur

Italian

Verb

alai

1. first-person singular past historic of alare

Anagrams

• L'Aia

Latvian

Noun

alai f

1. dative singular of ala

Portuguese

Verb

alai

1. second-person plural imperative of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).

Noun

alai n (plural alaiuri)

1. crowd that follows a ceremony

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alai	alaiul		alaiuri	alaiurile
genitive-dative	alai	alaiului		alaiuri	alaiurilor
vocative	alaiule			alaiurilor