cae

See also: Cae, CAE, caé, -cae, and ca'é

Translingual

Symbol

cae

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Laalaa.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Laalaa terms

Galician

Verb

cae

1. inflection of caer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Noun

cae m (genitive singular cae, nominative plural caenna)

1. Alternative form of caoth (“boghole, swamp-hole; ditch”)

Declension

Declension of cae (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cae caenna vocative a chae a chaenna genitive cae caenna dative cae caenna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cae na caenna genitive an chae na gcaenna dative leis an gcae don chae leis na caenna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cae

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cae	chae	gcae

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkae/ [ˈka.e]
• Rhymes: -ae
• Syllabification: ca‧e

Verb

cae

1. inflection of caer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kay (“hedge; enclosure”), from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom.

Compare Cornish ke, Breton kae, Old Irish caí; also Latin cohum, English haw. See also cau and caer.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaː/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯

Noun

cae m (plural caeau)

1. field
   • 2020 May 19, BBC Cymru Fyw‎^[1]:

     Roedd llond cae ar ôl cae o'r blodau yma, ac roedd o'n arfer rhoi arwyddion o gwmpas y caeau i ddweud bod y cnwd wedi ei chwistrellu gyda phlaladdwr gwenwynig. Fel arall roedd ceir yn stopio wrth ochr y caeau ar ôl gweld môr o'r blodau hardd yma, a rhieni yn dod allan o'r car efo'u plant i eistedd yng nghanol y caeau - heb sylweddoli beth oedden nhw!

     There was field after field full of these flowers, and he used to put signs around the fields saying that the crop had been sprayed with poisonous pesticides. Otherwise cars would stop at the side of the fields after seeing a sea of these beautiful flowers, and parents would get out of their cars with their children to sit in the middle of the fields – without realising what they were!

2. (sports) pitch
   • 2021 August 13, BBC Cymru Fyw‎^[2]:

     Dwi'n cofio wnaethon ni grys Yr Iseldiroedd, ac fe wnaethon ni e mewn oren mwy llachar. Roedd hynny'n fodern a chyffrous, ac oedden nhw'n edrych yn dda ar y cae.

     I remember we made the Dutch shirt, and we made it in a brighter orange. That was modern and exciting, and they looked good on the pitch.

Usage notes

The word cae is the usual word for a field as found in the countryside. The term maes is used when referring to a field used for a specific purpose, such as maes glo (“coalfield”), maes y gad (“battlefield”), maes glanio (“airfield”), although an exception to this are sports terms, which may use cae instead, such as cae pêl-droed (“football pitch”). Maes is also used when referring to more figurative fields, such as a database or gravitational field or a field of interest, and is often found in place of cae in botanical names and literary language.

Derived terms

• anfon o'r cae (“send off”)
• blew cae (“blades of grass”)
• cae chwarae (“playing field”)
• cae glas (“greenfield”)
• cae padi (“paddy field”)
• cae pêl-droed (“football field, football pitch”)
• cae rasio (“racecourse”)
• cae rygbi (“rugby pitch”)
• canol cae (“midfield”)
• clust-y-llygoden y cae (“field mouse-ear, Cerastium arvenses”)
• corhedydd y caeau reis (“paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus”)
• cyfundrefn caeau (“field system”)
• enw cae (“field name”)

Verb

cae

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of cau

Alternative forms

• caeiff, caeith (colloquial)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cae

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cae	gae	nghae	chae

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), “cae”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *crwajᴬ (“plough”). Cognate with Thai ไถ (tǎi), Lao ໄຖ (thai), Northern Thai ᨳᩱ, Khün ᨳᩱ, Lü ᦺᦏ (ṫhay), Shan ထႆ (thǎi), Ahom 𑜌𑜩 (thay), Saek ไถ่.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕai˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cae¹
• Hyphenation: cae

Noun

cae (Sawndip forms ⿰犁之 or 𱭯 or ⿰牛之 or ⿰哉之 or ⿺辶在, 1957–1982 spelling cəi)

1. plough

Verb

cae (Sawndip forms ⿰犁之 or 𱭯 or ⿰牛之 or ⿰哉之 or ⿺辶在, 1957–1982 spelling cəi)

1. to plough