rai

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Yapese [Term?].

Noun

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rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

  1. stone money
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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rai (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of raï (musical style)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

  1. A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).

Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Also found in Catalan rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrai̯/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Syllabification: rai

Interjection

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rai

  1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said. This great ease can also derive into downplaying something.
    Si tu pagas, rai!!If you pay, then sure!
    Ixò rai!don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!
    A vusatros rai!, que ixo no tos afecta!Of course that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!

Usage notes

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  • It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

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Atong (India)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)

  1. reed

References

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.

Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. raft
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Etymology 2

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Unknown. Also found in Aragonese rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

Interjection

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rai

  1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said.
    Si tu pagues, rai!!If you pay, then sure!
    Això rai!don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!
    Clar, a vosaltresrai!, si això no us afecta!Of course, that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!
Usage notes
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  • It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

Further reading

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Fijian

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Noun

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rai

  1. sight

Verb

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rai

  1. to see

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray, beam (of light etc.)
    Synonym: rayon
  2. spoke (of wheel)

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin radius.

Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. ray, beam
  2. spoke
  3. radius

Hausa

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (life).

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Noun

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râi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)

  1. life
  2. spirit, mind
  3. hope, salvation
  4. prosperity

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: rài

Noun

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rai m pl (plural only)

  1. (literary) rays
  2. (literary, figurative) looks
  3. (literary, figurative) eyes

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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rai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ライ

Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.

Noun

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rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

  1. face
    Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

References

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Kavalan

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Noun

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rai

  1. mussel

Malay

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Noun

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rai

  1. rye

Maori

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Noun

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rai

  1. rye

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French rai, from Latin radius (spoke).

Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin rādius.

Noun

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rai oblique singularm (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)

  1. beam; ray (of light)
    • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan de Berne”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 314, line 202:
      li rais sor sa face luisoit
      the ray was shining on his face

Descendants

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  • Bourguignon: rai
  • English: ray
  • French: rai
  • Norman: rai

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (wealth, goods).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raj/
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Noun

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rai n (plural raiuri)

  1. eden
  2. paradise

Declension

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See also

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (ruler, king).

Noun

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rai m (plural rais)

  1. (Vallader) king

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrai/ [ˈrai̯]
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: rai

Noun

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rai m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) ride, lift
    Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche
    No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai.
    Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

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rai (n class, plural rai)

  1. opinion, view

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

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-rai (infinitive kurai)

  1. to coax
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -rai
Positive present -narai
Subjunctive -rai
Negative -rai
Imperative singular rai
Infinitives
Positive kurai
Negative kutorai
Imperatives
Singular rai
Plural raini
Tensed forms
Habitual hurai
Positive past positive subject concord + -lirai
Negative past negative subject concord + -kurai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narai)
Singular Plural
1st person ninarai/narai tunarai
2nd person unarai mnarai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarai wanarai
other classes positive subject concord + -narai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rai)
Singular Plural
1st person sirai haturai
2nd person hurai hamrai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) harai hawarai
other classes negative subject concord + -rai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarai
Negative future negative subject concord + -tarai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rai)
Singular Plural
1st person nirai turai
2nd person urai mrai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai
other classes positive subject concord + -rai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirai
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerai
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerai
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirai
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arai)
Singular Plural
1st person narai twarai
2nd person warai mwarai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai
m-mi(III/IV) warai yarai
ji-ma(V/VI) larai yarai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) charai vyarai
n(IX/X) yarai zarai
u(XI) warai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwarai
pa(XVI) parai
mu(XVIII) mwarai
Perfect positive subject concord + -merai
"Already" positive subject concord + -mesharai
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarai
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kirai
"If not" positive subject concord + -siporai
Consecutive karai / positive subject concord + -karai
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karai
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nirai -turai
2nd person -kurai -warai/-kuraini/-waraini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrai -warai
m-mi(III/IV) -urai -irai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lirai -yarai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirai -virai
n(IX/X) -irai -zirai
u(XI) -urai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kurai
pa(XVI) -parai
mu(XVIII) -murai
Reflexive -jirai
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rai- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -raiye -raio
m-mi(III/IV) -raio -raiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -railo -raiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -raicho -raivyo
n(IX/X) -raiyo -raizo
u(XI) -raio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -raiko
pa(XVI) -raipo
mu(XVIII) -raimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rai)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yerai -orai
m-mi(III/IV) -orai -yorai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lorai -yorai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorai -vyorai
n(IX/X) -yorai -zorai
u(XI) -orai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -korai
pa(XVI) -porai
mu(XVIII) -morai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

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rai (n class, plural rai)

  1. health

Tetum

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Etymology

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From *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.

Noun

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rai

  1. earth
  2. land

Veps

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).

Noun

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rai

  1. paradise, heaven

Inflection

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Inflection of rai (inflection type 9/čai)
nominative sing. rai
genitive sing. rajun
partitive sing. rajud
partitive plur.
singular plural
nominative rai
accusative rajun
genitive rajun
partitive rajud
essive-instructive rajun
translative rajuks
inessive rajus
elative rajuspäi
illative rajuhu
adessive rajul
ablative rajulpäi
allative rajule
abessive rajuta
comitative rajunke
prolative rajudme
approximative I rajunno
approximative II rajunnoks
egressive rajunnopäi
terminative I rajuhusai
terminative II rajulesai
terminative III rajussai
additive I rajuhupäi
additive II rajulepäi

References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “рай”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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rai

  1. Soft mutation of rhai.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhai rai unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.