ait
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ait (plural aits)
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- 1649, R. Hodges, unknown title:
- The ait where the osiers grew.
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 148:
- ‘[H]e the said seigneur, in quality of Lord Paramount, is to all intents and purposes invested with the sole right and property of the river running through his fief, together with […] all the islands and aits within it.’
- 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.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat.
Noun[edit]
ait (plural aits)
- (Scotland) An oat.
- 1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink:
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
An' aits set up their awnie horn,
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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
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Inherited from Proto-Finnic *aitta (“storehouse”), probably from *ajadak (“to go (in a vehicle); to drive”) (with the suffix *-tta), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aja- (“to drive; to hunt, chase”), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ati (“to drive, lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Cognate with Finnish aitta, Ingrian aitta, Livonian āita, Ludian ait and Võro ait.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɑit
- Hyphenation: ait
Noun[edit]
ait (genitive aida, partitive aita)
- a barn, granary, warehouse, storehouse (building for storing food and other supplies, in a farm household)
- vanaisa talust on alles ait, kelder, saun ning maakivist laudamüürid
- the barn, cellar, sauna and earthen stone board walls remain from my grandfather's farm
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ait | aidad |
accusative | aida | aidad |
genitive | aida | aitade |
partitive | aita | aitu aitasid |
illative | aita aidasse |
aitadesse aidusse |
inessive | aidas | aitades aidus |
elative | aidast | aitadest aidust |
allative | aidale | aitadele aidule |
adessive | aidal | aitadel aidul |
ablative | aidalt | aitadelt aidult |
translative | aidaks | aitadeks aiduks |
terminative | aidani | aitadeni |
essive | aidana | aitadena |
abessive | aidata | aitadeta |
comitative | aidaga | aitadega |
Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. |
References[edit]
- ait in Sõnaveeb
- ait in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- ait in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ait
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish aitt (“pleasant, agreeable; strange, unusual”, adjective).
Adjective[edit]
ait (genitive singular masculine ait, genitive singular feminine aite, plural aite, comparative aite)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ait m
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ait | n-ait | hait | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ait”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aitt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.it/, [ˈäɪt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.it/, [ˈäːit̪]
An unambiguous poetic attestation of the two short vowels, in dactylic hexameter:
- ‘Quid mē / lūdis?’, a/it, ‘Quis / tē, male / sāne, iu/bēbat...? (Ovid, Amores 3.7.77)
Verb[edit]
ait
References[edit]
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
- (ambiguous) as Cicero says: ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
- (ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- aït (scholarly convention)
Verb[edit]
ait
Scots[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English eten, from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ait (third-person singular simple present aits, present participle aitin', simple past ?, past participle ?)
- to eat
References[edit]
- “ait, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ete, ate, æte, from Old English ǣt (“food, eating”), from Proto-West Germanic *āt.
Noun[edit]
ait (plural aits)
References[edit]
- “ait, n1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle English ote, from Old English āte.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ait (plural aits)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “ait, n2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
ait (plural aits)
References[edit]
- “ait, n3” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish عائد, عاید (aid, ait), from Arabic عَائِد (ʕāʔid). Compare Azerbaijani aid.
Adjective[edit]
ait
- concerning, relating (to)
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ait”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ait
Synonyms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ait | unchanged | unchanged | hait |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- et:Buildings
- et:Agriculture
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