different between ait vs gait
ait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English ??eoþ, ?goþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of ??, ??, ?e? (“island”). More at eyot.
Alternative forms
- eight
- eyet
- eyot
Noun
ait (plural aits)
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- 1649, R. Hodges, unknown title
- The ait where the osiers grew.
- 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.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1,
- Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
- 1649, R. Hodges, unknown title
Synonyms
- eyot
Etymology 2
From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English ?te. More at oat.
Noun
ait (plural aits)
- (Scotland) An oat.
- 1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
An' aits set up their awnie horn,
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
- 1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink
Anagrams
- IAT, ITA, TAI, TIA, Tai, Tia, ita, tai, tia
Estonian
Etymology
Related to Finnish aitta.
Noun
ait
- barn
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?/
- Rhymes: -?
Verb
ait
- third-person singular present subjunctive of avoir
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at?/
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
Etymology 2
Noun
ait m
- genitive singular of at
Mutation
References
- "ait" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “aitt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?a.it/, [?ä?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.it/, [???it?]
An unambiguous poetic attestation of the two short vowels, in dactylic hexameter:
- ‘Quid m? / l?dis?’, a/it, ‘Quis / t?, male / s?ne, iu/b?bat...? (Ovid, Amores 3.7.77)
Verb
ait
- third-person singular present active indicative of ai?
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
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *j?ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai?t/
Verb
ait
- to go
Turkish
Adjective
ait (comparative daha ait, superlative en ait)
- concerning, relating (to)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai?t/
Verb
ait
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/conditional of mynd
Synonyms
- aet (colloquial)
- elet (colloquial)
Mutation
ait From the web:
- what ait is at fort lee
- what aita means
- what ait means
- what ait is at fort sill
- what ait is at fort gordon
- what ait is at fort eustis
- what ait is at fort huachuca
- what site
gait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophone: gate
Etymology 1
From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
- (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Translations
Verb
gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Etymology 2
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
- (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.
Anagrams
- Gita, taig
Middle English
Noun
gait
- (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Old Irish
Etymology
Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ad?/
Noun
gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)
- verbal noun of gataid: theft
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
Scots
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- goat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?t/
Verb
gait
- Soft mutation of cait.
Mutation
gait From the web:
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- what gait disorders trigger falls
- what waders should i buy
- what gaiters are mlb players wearing
- what gaither singers have died
- what gait do i have
- what waders to buy
- what are the types of gait
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