rai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rai"

English

Etymology 1

From Yapese raay.

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. stone money

Derived terms

• rai stone

Etymology 2

Noun

rai (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”)

Etymology 3

Noun

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

• Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, RIA, Ari, ria, ARI

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• arrai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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

• 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.

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

Noun

rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)

1. reed

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraj]

Etymology 1

Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. raft

Derived terms

• raier

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

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

• 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

• “rai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Fijian

Noun

rai

1. sight

Verb

rai

1. to see

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/
• Homophones: raie, rets

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)

   Synonym: rayon

2. spoke (of wheel)

Derived terms

• rayon

Related terms

• radiation
• radieux
• irradier

Further reading

• “rai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• air, ira

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam
2. spoke
3. radius

Hausa

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽâi/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽâi]

Noun

râi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)

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

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

rai m pl (plural only)

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

Further reading

• rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams

• -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià

Japanese

Romanization

rai

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

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦫꦲꦶ

Etymology

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

Noun

rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

1. face

   Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kavalan

Noun

rai

1. mussel

Malay

Noun

rai

1. rye

Maori

Noun

rai

1. rye

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

Old French

Etymology

From Latin rādius.

Noun

rai oblique singular, m (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

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /raj/

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Noun

rai n (plural raiuri)

1. eden
2. paradise

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rai	raiul		raiuri	raiurile
genitive-dative	rai	raiului		raiuri	raiurilor
vocative	raiule			raiurilor

See also

• paradis, cer

Romansch

Alternative forms

• retg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• rètg (Surmiran)
• raig (Puter)

Etymology

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

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Vallader) king

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Further reading

• “rai”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “rai” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

rai class IX (plural rai class X)

1. opinion, view

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

-rai (infinitive kurai)

1. to coax

Conjugation

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

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

rai class IX (plural rai class X)

1. health

Tetum

Etymology

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

Noun

rai

1. earth
2. land

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).

Noun

rai

1. paradise, heaven

Inflection

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

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rai̯/

Determiner

rai

1. Soft mutation of rhai.

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhai

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhai	rai	unchanged	unchanged

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