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Icelandic

Interjection

ái

  1. ouch!
    Synonyms: æ, áts, á

Noun

ái m (genitive singular áa, nominative plural áar)

  1. (archaic) ancestor, forefather, forebear

Declension

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

ái (ai2, Zhuyin ㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / ,
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / 𮲔
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / 𰛥
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
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  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of �� / 𫘤
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / 𬺃, 𬺃
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠊎
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤸳
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦩴
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧪚
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩂢
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩪂
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩮖
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𪺾
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫨾

Northern Tepehuan

Noun

ái

  1. Obsolete spelling of ááyi.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awô (grandfather).

Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anô (forefather, ancestor).

Noun

ái m (genitive á, plural ár)

  1. great-grandfather

Declension

Declension of ái (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ái áinn ár árnir
accusative á áinn á áina
dative á áinum ám ánum
genitive á áins á áinna

Derived terms

See also

  • afi (grandfather)
  • edda (great-grandmother)

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese  / (ài). Compare Muong hảo for similar developments.

Verb

ái ()

  1. to like; to want
    ái pây liêuto want to go out
    ái chin mác rèo năm mạy
    one must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits

Particle

ái

  1. (future marker) about to
    ái thâng nènTet is about to come

Adjective

ái

  1. near; close
    ái thâng rườnto come near home

Adverb

ái

  1. almost; nearly
    Ái mì 500 cần
    There are nearly 500 people
    ái thaialmost dead

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Chinese .

Noun

ái ()

  1. strategic pass

Etymology 3

Noun

ái

  1. fence
    lọm aifences
    pác tu aifence gate
Synonyms

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to love; love).

Verb

ái

  1. (sinicized, slang, humorous) to love
Usage notes
See also

Noun

ái

  1. (chiefly in compounds) love

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ

Adjective

ái

  1. (slang) homosexual; gay
Synonyms

Interjection

ái!

  1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch
Synonyms

References