cais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"

Asturian

Noun

cais

1. plural of cai

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʃ]

Adjective

cais

1. inflection of cas (“twisted, winding; curly; complicated, intricate; twisty, devious”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of cais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cais	chais	gcais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capseum (“chin”). Compare Catalan queix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

cais m (plural caisses)

1. jaw
2. mouth
3. cheek

Related terms

• escais

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cays, caes, cayz (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajs/ [ˈkaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/ [ˈkaɪ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkajʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophone: cás (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cais

Etymology 1

From French quai, from Old French cail, from Gaulish cagiíum.

Noun

cais m (invariable)

1. quay, wharf, pier
2. platform

See also

• píer m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cais

1. second-person singular present indicative of cair

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cais f pl

1. plural of cal

Further reading

• “cais”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cais”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

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cais

Wikipedia ^ro

Etymology

Back-formation from caisă (“apricot fruit”), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kayısı).

Noun

cais m (plural caiși)

1. apricot (tree)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cais	caisul		caiși	caișii
genitive-dative	cais	caisului		caiși	caișilor
vocative	caisule			caișilor

Welsh

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates (even in Breton or Cornish) by GPC. Maybe borrowed from English case then, with semantic shift "case" > "application, request" > "attempt, effort"? Alternatively, related to Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)?”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯s/
• Rhymes: -ai̯s

Noun

cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)

1. effort, attempt

   Synonyms: ymgais, cynnig, ymdrech, ymroddiad

2. request, petition, application

   Synonyms: dymuniad, deisyfiad, arch, ymofyniad, galwad

3. (rugby) try
4. (literary) quest

Related terms

• ceisio (“to attempt, to try”)
• ceislen (“application form”)
• ffurflen gais (“application form”)
• ymgais (“attempt”)

Verb

cais

1. third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio

Mutation

Mutated forms of cais

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cais	gais	nghais	chais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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