ait
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
[edit] Noun
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- 1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
- Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1,
- Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
- 1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
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[edit] French
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[edit] Verb
ait
- third-person singular present subjunctive of avoir
[edit] Irish
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old Irish aitt.
[edit] Adjective
ait
[edit] Declension
Declension of ait
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[edit] Noun
ait
- genitive singular form of at
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| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h prefix | with t- prefix |
| ait | n-ait | hait | t-ait |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
aīt, ait
- third-person singular present active indicative of āiō "he (she, it) says, he (she, it) affirms"