"gai" meaning in Basque

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Noun

IPA: /ɡai̯/, [ɡai̯] Audio: LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-gai.wav
Rhymes: -ai̯ Etymology: Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round. Etymology templates: {{unk|eu|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m|eu|-gai}} -gai Head templates: {{eu-noun|in}} gai inan Inflection templates: {{eu-decl-inanim|dip=1}} Forms: inanimate [table-tags], gai [absolutive, indefinite], gaia [absolutive, indefinite, singular], gaiak [absolutive, indefinite, plural], gaik [ergative, indefinite], gaiak [ergative, indefinite, singular], gaiek [ergative, indefinite, plural], gairi [dative, indefinite], gaiari [dative, indefinite, singular], gaiei [dative, indefinite, plural], gairen [genitive, indefinite], gaiaren [genitive, indefinite, singular], gaien [genitive, indefinite, plural], gairekin [comitative, indefinite], gaiarekin [comitative, indefinite, singular], gaiekin [comitative, indefinite, plural], gairengatik [causative, indefinite], gaiarengatik [causative, indefinite, singular], gaiengatik [causative, indefinite, plural], gairentzat [benefactive, indefinite], gaiarentzat [benefactive, indefinite, singular], gaientzat [benefactive, indefinite, plural], gaiez [indefinite, instrumental], gaiaz [indefinite, instrumental, singular], gaiez [indefinite, instrumental, plural], gaitan [indefinite, inessive], gaian [indefinite, inessive, singular], gaietan [indefinite, inessive, plural], gaitako [indefinite, locative], gaiko [indefinite, locative, singular], gaietako [indefinite, locative, plural], gaitara [allative, indefinite], gaira [allative, indefinite, singular], gaietara [allative, indefinite, plural], gaitaraino [indefinite, terminative], gairaino [indefinite, singular, terminative], gaietaraino [indefinite, plural, terminative], gaitarantz [directive, indefinite], gairantz [directive, indefinite, singular], gaietarantz [directive, indefinite, plural], gaitarako [destinative, indefinite], gairako [destinative, indefinite, singular], gaietarako [destinative, indefinite, plural], gaitatik [ablative, indefinite], gaitik [ablative, indefinite, singular], gaietatik [ablative, indefinite, plural], gairik [indefinite, partitive], - [indefinite, partitive, singular], - [indefinite, partitive, plural], gaitzat [indefinite, prolative], - [indefinite, prolative, singular], - [indefinite, plural, prolative]
  1. material Tags: inanimate
    Sense id: en-gai-eu-noun-QLMLTo8N
  2. matter, stuff Tags: inanimate
    Sense id: en-gai-eu-noun-Q8RqO9-B Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50
  3. topic, subject Tags: inanimate
    Sense id: en-gai-eu-noun-iTLiLLSy Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gai izan (english: to be capable of)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to be capable of",
      "word": "gai izan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "2": "-gai"
      },
      "expansion": "-gai",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inanimate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eu-decl-inanim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiaren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaien",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairentzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarentzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaientzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiez",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiaz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiez",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaian",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaira",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitaraino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairaino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietaraino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitarantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietarantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitarako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietarako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "gai inan",
      "name": "eu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gai"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dip": "1"
      },
      "name": "eu-decl-inanim"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "material"
      ],
      "id": "en-gai-eu-noun-QLMLTo8N",
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 46 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "matter, stuff"
      ],
      "id": "en-gai-eu-noun-Q8RqO9-B",
      "links": [
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-gai-eu-noun-iTLiLLSy",
      "links": [
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡai̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ai̯"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-gai.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gai"
}
{
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    "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
    "Basque inanimate nouns",
    "Basque lemmas",
    "Basque nouns",
    "Basque terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Basque terms with audio links",
    "Basque terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Rhymes:Basque/ai̯",
    "Rhymes:Basque/ai̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to be capable of",
      "word": "gai izan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
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      },
      "expansion": "-gai",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round.",
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      "form": "inanimate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eu-decl-inanim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gai",
      "source": "declension",
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        "absolutive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiaren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaien",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiekin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiengatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairentzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiarentzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaientzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiez",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiaz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiez",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaian",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaiko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaira",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitaraino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairaino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietaraino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitarantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietarantz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "directive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitarako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietarako",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "destinative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaietatik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gairik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaitzat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "gai inan",
      "name": "eu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gai"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dip": "1"
      },
      "name": "eu-decl-inanim"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "material"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "matter, stuff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "topic, subject"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡai̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ai̯"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-gai.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav/LL-Q8752_%28eus%29-Xabier_Ca%C3%B1as-gai.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gai"
}

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