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English

Noun

deis (plural deises)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• -side, Desi, Dies, EIDs, Eids, IDEs, IEDs, Ides, SEID, Side, desi, dies, eids, ides, side, sied

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)

1. right hand; right-hand side
2. suitable, convenient, position
3. opportunity
4. facility
5. means, apparatus
6. material advantage
7. proper condition

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

deis

1. inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

References

• "deis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Noun

de?s

1. dative plural of deus
2. ablative plural of deus

References

• deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos). Doublet of disch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i?s/, /d??s/, /d?s/, /?d?i??s/

Noun

deis

1. podium, dais
2. high table
3. (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.

Alternative forms

• deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
• doise, doyse (late)

Descendants

• English: dais
• Scots: deas, deece

References

• “deis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees (“die”)

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)

Portuguese

Verb

deis

1. second-person plural (vós) present subjunctive of dar
2. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) negative imperative of dar

Scots

Verb

deis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei

   Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

deis

1. ready
2. eager, willing

Spanish

Verb

deis

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) negative imperative form of dar.

English

Alternative forms

• daïs (dated)
• deas (obsolete, Scotland)
• deis (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern French dais), from Latin discum, accusative singular of discus (“discus, disc, quoit; dish”) (Late Latin discum (“table”)), from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “discus, disc; tray”), from ?????? (dikeîn, “to cast, to throw; to strike”). Cognate with Italian desco, Occitan des. Doublet of desk, disc, discus, dish, and disk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?de?.?s/, /?de?.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?de?.?s/, /?da?-/, /-?s/

Noun

dais (plural daises)

1. A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]
2. (historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
3. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table. [13th–17th c.]
4. The canopy over an altar, etc.

Synonyms

• (raised platform): podium

Translations

See also

• predella

Further reading

• dais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, aids, sadi, said, sida

Champenois

Noun

dais

1. (Auve) finger

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne?^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 109

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin d?(n)sus. Compare Italian denso, Romanian des.

Adjective

dais m (feminine daisa)

1. dense
2. thick

French

Etymology

From Old French deis, dois, inherited from Latin discus. Doublet of disque, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?/

Noun

dais m (plural dais)

1. dais

Further reading

• “dais” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

dais

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Portuguese

Verb

dais

1. second-person plural (vós) present indicative of dar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dais/, [?d?ai?s]

Verb

dais

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present indicative form of dar.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qrep (“bear”). Cognate with Iu Mien jiepv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai??/

Noun

dais

1. bear (mammal).

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.