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== Translingual == === Symbol === ait (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Arikem. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Arikem terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot. ==== Alternative forms ==== eight, eyet, eyot ==== Noun ==== ait (plural aits) An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. 1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9, Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits. ===== Synonyms ===== eyot === Etymology 2 === From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat. ==== Noun ==== ait (plural aits) (Scotland) An oat. === Anagrams === IAT, ITA, TAI, TIA, Tai, Tia, ita, tai, tia == Chungli Ao == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a˥.jɯt˩/, [a˥.jit˩] === Verb === ait to approach, come near ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 32 Clark, E. W. (1911), “AET”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From Arabic عَائِد (ʕāʔid). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧it === Postposition === ait (+ dative) concerning, relating (to) === References === “ait”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Estonian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Finnic *aitta (“storehouse”), probably from *ajadak (“to go (in a vehicle); to drive”) (with the suffix *-tta), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aja- (“to drive; to hunt, chase”), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ati (“to drive, lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Finnish aitta, Ingrian aitta, Livonian āita, Ludian ait and Võro ait. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯t/, [ˈɑi̯tˑ] Rhymes: -ɑit Hyphenation: ait === Noun === ait (genitive aida, partitive aita) a barn, granary, warehouse, storehouse (building for storing food and other supplies, in a farm household) ==== Declension ==== === References === ait in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “ait”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “ait”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛ === Verb === ait third-person singular present subjunctive of avoir == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /atʲ/, /ætʲ/, /ɑtʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish aitt (“pleasant, agreeable; strange, unusual”, adjective). ==== Adjective ==== ait (genitive singular masculine ait, genitive singular feminine aite, plural aite, comparative aite) pleasant, likeable fine, excellent comical; queer ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== aiteach aiteacht is ait le ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ait”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 29; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ait”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== ait m genitive singular of at === Mutation === === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɪt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.it] An unambiguous poetic attestation of the two short vowels, in dactylic hexameter: ‘Quid mē / lūdis?’, a/it, ‘Quis / tē, male / sāne, iu/bēbat...? (Ovid, Amores 3.7.77) === Verb === ait third-person singular present/perfect active indicative of aiō === References === Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Old French == === Alternative forms === aït (scholarly convention) === Verb === ait third-person singular present subjunctive of aidier == Old Tupi == === Noun === ait Lamy spelling of a'i == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English eten, from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /et/, /ɛt/ ==== Verb ==== ait (third-person singular simple present aits, present participle aitin', simple past and past participle ?) to eat ==== References ==== “ait, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ete, ate, æte, from Old English ǣt (“food, eating”), from Proto-West Germanic *āt. ==== Noun ==== ait (plural aits) meal; food ==== References ==== “ait, n1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English ote, from Old English āte. ==== Alternative forms ==== aet, ate, yit ==== Noun ==== ait (plural aits) oat ===== Derived terms ===== aiten ==== References ==== “ait, n2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 4 === Compare Norwegian ætt. ==== Noun ==== ait (plural aits) (obsolete) custom, habit ==== References ==== “ait, n3”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عائد, عاید (aid, ait), from Arabic عَائِد (ʕāʔid). Compare Azerbaijani aid. === Postposition === ait [with dative] concerning, relating (to) === Further reading === “ait”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ait”, in Nişanyan Sözlük == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ai̯t/ === Verb === ait (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/conditional of mynd ==== Synonyms ==== aet (colloquial) elet (colloquial) === Mutation ===