étai

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See also: étaï

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old French estai, from Old English stæġ (rope, stay), from Proto-Germanic *stagą. More at stay.

Noun

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étai m (plural étais)

  1. (nautical) a stay

Etymology 2

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From Middle French estaie, from Old French atay, escai, *estai, of Germanic origin. More at stay.

Noun

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étai m (plural étais)

  1. stay, prop, strut, support

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Verb

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·étai

  1. second-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·cota

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·étai
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged ·n-étai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.