áis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ais"

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔáís/

Adjective

áis

1. (of an animal) pregnant

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ/, /aːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áis, óis (“free will, consent”).

Noun

áis f (genitive singular áise, nominative plural áiseanna)

1. convenience, amenity (something that makes life easier)
2. facility (physical means or contrivance for doing something; building or campus)
3. aid, service
4. (archaic) free will, consent

Declension

Declension of áis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative áis áiseanna vocative a áis a áiseanna genitive áise áiseanna dative áis áiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an áis na háiseanna genitive na háise na n-áiseanna dative leis an áis don áis leis na háiseanna

Synonyms

• (convenience, facility): saoráid

Derived terms

• ar áis (“at ease (military)”)
• ar d'áis (“at one's ease, at one's convenience”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 18
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

áis

1. vocative/genitive singular of ás

Mutation

Mutated forms of áis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áis	n-áis	háis	not applicable

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