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Sais

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See also: sais, saís, Saïs, and šais

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Welsh Sais.

Noun

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Sais (plural Sais or Saeson)

  1. (Wales, informal) Someone from England; Englander

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Sais m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sardinian

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sais f sg (genitive Sais); third declension

  1. Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Sais
genitive Sais
dative Saī
accusative Saim
ablative Sae
vocative Sais
locative Saī
Sae

References

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  • Sais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh Seis, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Cornish Sows, Breton Saoz. Doublet of Sacson.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Sais m (plural Saeson, feminine Saesnes, not mutable)

  1. Englishman
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See also

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Further reading

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