Alis
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "alis"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alis
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alis
- Alice
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- That Iankin clerk, and my gossib dame Alis, / And I my-self, in-to the feldes wente.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈalɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈalɪs/
- Rhymes: -alɨ̞s
Proper noun
[edit]Alis f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alice
Derived terms
[edit]- malws Alis (“vervain mallow”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
Alis | unchanged | unchanged | Halis |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13
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- English proper noun forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English proper nouns
- Middle English terms with quotations
- Welsh terms borrowed from Old French
- Welsh terms derived from Old French
- Welsh terms derived from Old High German
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/alɨ̞s
- Rhymes:Welsh/alɨ̞s/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- Welsh given names
- Welsh female given names