"-ai" meaning in Welsh

See -ai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ai̯/ Forms: -eion [plural]
Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix|plural|-eion|g=m}} -ai m (plural -eion)
  1. receiver or sufferer of action, -ee Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-kHBgwDHG
  2. (obsolete) agentive suffix, -er Tags: masculine, morpheme, obsolete
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-wYl~~ver Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 18 20 17 19
  3. (obsolete) instrument Tags: masculine, morpheme, obsolete
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-0-Q~g9Bm Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 18 20 17 19
  4. (obsolete) gas, -gen Tags: masculine, morpheme, obsolete
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-SsLF6A7o Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 18 20 17 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ai̯/ [North-Wales, standard], /ɛ/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /a/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /ai̯/ [South-Wales, standard], /ɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial]
Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix}} -ai
  1. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular imperfect/conditional Tags: literary, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-4CRnrkvv Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 18 20 17 19
  2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person singular conditional Tags: colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ai-cy-suffix-TMt-zhAr Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 18 20 17 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -sai [South-Wales, conditional, singular, third-person]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -ai meaning in Welsh (4.5kB)

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          "text": "enwebu (“to nominate”) + -ai → enwebai (“nominee”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "cyf-weld (“to interview”) + -ai → cyfwelai (“interviewee”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "morgeisio (“to mortgage”) + -ai → morgeisai (“mortgagee”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        {
          "text": "blawd (“flour”) + -ai → blotai (“beggar of flour; flour merchant”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "llad (“gift, virtue”) + -ai → llatai (“love messenger, go-between”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "hidlo (“to strain, to filter”) + -ai → hidlai (“strainer, filter”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "ufel (“fire”) + -ai → ufelai (“oxygen”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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    }
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  ],
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          "type": "example"
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          "text": "morgeisio (“to mortgage”) + -ai → morgeisai (“mortgagee”)",
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          "type": "example"
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