cais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"

Asturian

Noun

cais

1. plural of cai

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʃ]

Adjective

cais

1. inflection of cas (“twisted, winding; curly; complicated, intricate; twisty, devious”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cais	chais	gcais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cays, caes, cayz (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/ [ˈkaɪ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophone: cás (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cais

Etymology 1

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish [Term?].

Noun

cais m (invariable)

1. quay, wharf, pier
2. platform

See also

• píer m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cais

1. second-person singular present indicative of cair

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cais f pl

1. plural of cal

Romanian

Cais

Etymology

Back-formation from caisă (“apricot fruit”), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kayısı).

Noun

cais m (plural caiși)

1. apricot (tree)

Declension

Declension of cais

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cais	caisul	(niște) caiși	caișii
genitive/dative	(unui) cais	caisului	(unor) caiși	caișilor
vocative	caisule		caișilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯s/
• Rhymes: -ai̯s

Noun

cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)

1. try, claim, request
2. application, bid
3. (rugby) try
4. (literary) quest

Related terms

• ceisio (“to attempt, to try”)
• ceislen (“application form”)
• ffurflen gais (“application form”)

Verb

cais

1. third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cais	gais	nghais	chais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cai̯˩/

Verb

cais

1. to separate from, exclude, segregate, split

   Lawv cais nws tawm hauv tsev neeg. ― They exclude him from the family.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.