ái

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Icelandic[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ái

  1. ouch!
    Synonyms: æ, áts, á

Noun[edit]

ái m (genitive singular áa, nominative plural áar)

  1. (archaic) ancestor, forefather, forebear

Declension[edit]

declension of ái
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ái áinn áar áarnir
accusative áa áann áa áana
dative áa áanum áum áunum
genitive áa áans áa áanna

Further reading[edit]

Mandarin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ai — nonstandard

Romanization[edit]

ái (ai2, Zhuyin ㄞˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皚／皑, 凒
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呆
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啀
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘊
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵦
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挨
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捱
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敱
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敳／𮲔
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溰／𰛥
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癊
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癌
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騃／𫘤
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㱯
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䶣／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[edit]

Noun[edit]

ái

  1. Obsolete spelling of ááyi

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”).

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

Noun[edit]

ái m (genitive á, plural ár)

  1. great-grandfather

Declension[edit]

  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[edit]

See also[edit]

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

Tày[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chinese 愛／爱 (ài).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ái (愛)

  1. to like; to desire
    门亲愛故許都
    Mòn thân ái cổ hẩư đo
    A child must great care of his/her parents' needs.
  2. to want; to desire; to wish
    ái pây liêu ― to want to go out
    Ái chin mác rèo năm mạy.
    One must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits.
    愛昼𫢍贤勤占𲁂𪦸
    Ái rụ cần hiền cần chiêm slửa lục
    If one wants to know how kind a child's mother is, one needs to look at the shirts he/she is wearing

Particle[edit]

ái

  1. (future marker) about to
    ái thâng nèn ― Tet is about to come

Adjective[edit]

ái

  1. near; close
    ái thâng rườn ― to come near home

Adverb[edit]

ái

  1. almost; nearly
    Ái mì 500 cần ― There are nearly 500 people

References[edit]

  • 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

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 愛 (“to love; love”).

Verb[edit]

ái

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

Noun[edit]

ái

  1. (chiefly in compounds) love

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ

Adjective[edit]

ái

  1. (slang) homosexual; gay
Synonyms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ái!

  1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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