Sais
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sais (plural Sais or Saeson)
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Sais m or f by sense
- a surname from Sardinian
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈs̠äɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈsäːis]
Proper noun[edit]
Sais f sg (genitive Sais); third declension
- Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sais |
Genitive | Sais |
Dative | Saī |
Accusative | Saim |
Ablative | Sae |
Vocative | Sais |
Locative | Saī Sae |
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh Seis, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Cornish Sows, Breton Saoz. Doublet of Sacson.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /saːi̯s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /sai̯s/
Noun[edit]
Sais m (plural Saeson, feminine Saesnes, not mutable)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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
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