# tais
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

tais (plural tais)
* A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.

### Anagrams

* -ista, Asti, IAST, IATs, Sati, Sita, Stai, TIAS, TIAs, Tisa, Tsai, aits, itas, sati

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛ/

### Verb

tais
* inflection of taire:
** first/second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* sait

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /t̪ˠɑʃ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /t̪ˠaʃ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠæʃ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish tais (“damp”).

#### Adjective

tais (genitive singular masculine tais, genitive singular feminine taise, plural taise, comparative taise)
* damp, moist, humid
* soft, smooth, tender
* mild, gentle; kind, compassionate
* soft, weak, indulgent

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Derived terms

* barrthais (“soft-limbed; moist on surface”, adjective)
* tais- (“moist, hygro-”)
* taisdíonach (“damp-proof”)
* taisleach

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

tais f (genitive singular taise, nominative plural taisí)
* Alternative form of taise (“doppelganger, fetch, wraith; shade, apparition, ghost”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
tais
taisí
vocative
a thais
a thaisí
genitive
taise
taisí
dative
tais
taisí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an tais
na taisí
genitive
na taise
na dtaisí
dative
leis an tais don tais
leis na taisí :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

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

## Latvian
### Pronoun

tais
* in those; locative plural masculine of tas
* in those; locative plural feminine of tas

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtajs]
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

tais m (plural taisses)
* badger

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtajs/ [ˈtaɪ̯s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtajs/ [ˈtaɪ̯s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtajʃ/ [ˈtaɪ̯ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtajʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
* Homophone: tás (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: tais

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* taes (obsolete)

#### Determiner

tais
* plural of tal

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

tais m (uncountable)
* (rare) tais (a traditional woven textile of East Timor)

### Etymology 3

Shortening of estais, second-person plural present indicative of estar.

#### Verb

tais
* Eye dialect spelling of estais.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From German Teich.

### Noun

tais
* swamp

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Thai ถ้วย (tûai) ("cup" or "bowl") or Lao ຖ້ວຍ (thuāi) ("cup" or "bowl").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tai̯˩/

### Noun

tais
* basin
* dish, plate, bowl
* cup

### References

* Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)