# aí
## Ladino
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin [Term?], from paragogic a- + ibī (“there”).

### Adverb

aí (Hebrew spelling אאי)
* there

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* áe

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːi̯/

### Pronoun

aí
* his, hers, theirs (optionally governed by the definite article)
* (partitive genitive) of him, of her, of them
** c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
    Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.

#### Inflection

Normally uninflected, but the following forms, which Thurneysen considers artificial Latinisms, are found in the Milan glosses:
* Accusative plural: aiï
* Dative plural: aiïb

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 444, 507e, pages 278–79, 322; reprinted 2017

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ahi (pre-standardization spelling)
* ahy (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: a‧í

### Etymology 1

From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.

#### Adverb

aí (not comparable)
* there (close to the second person (you))
    O livro está aí, ao seu lado.The book is there, next to you.
* towards the second person
    Irei aí.I’ll go to you.
* then (soon afterwards)
    Synonym: então
    O telhado caiu, aí reconstruiram a casa.The roof collapsed, then they rebuilt the house.
* in this case; in this situation; this way
    O livro pode ser queimado. Aí não tem como restaurá-lo.The book may be burned. This way it is impossible to restore it.

##### Derived terms

* aê
* aí vem
* por aí

##### See also

Portuguese demonstratives :
| | | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Adverbs |
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural | Neuter | Adverbs |
| | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Adverbs |
| Proximal | X | este | esta | estes | estas | isto | aqui, cá |
| Proximal | de + X | deste | desta | destes | destas | disto | daqui |
| Proximal | em + X | neste | nesta | nestes | nestas | nisto | — |
| Medial | X | esse | essa | esses | essas | isso | aí |
| Medial | de + X | desse | dessa | desses | dessas | disso | daí |
| Medial | em + X | nesse | nessa | nesses | nessas | nisso | — |
| Distal | X | aquele | aquela | aqueles | aquelas | aquilo | ali, lá, acolá |
| Distal | de + X | daquele | daquela | daqueles | daquelas | daquilo | dali, dacolá |
| Distal | em + X | naquele | naquela | naqueles | naquelas | naquilo | — |
| Distal | a + X | àquele | àquela | àqueles | àquelas | àquilo | — |
| Anaphoric | X | o | a | os | as | — | — |
| Anaphoric | de + X | do | da | dos | das | — | — |
| Anaphoric | em + X | no | na | nos | nas | — | — |
| Anaphoric | a + X | ao | à | aos | às | — | — |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tupi a'y.

#### Noun

aí f (plural aís)
* A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
    Synonym: aígue

##### Descendants

* → English: ai

##### See also

* aígue
* unau (“two-toed sloth”)

### References

* A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986)

### Interjection

aí!
* yeah! (expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.)
    Synonyms: aê!, é isso aí!