different between laic vs lais
laic
English
Alternative forms
- laick (obsolete)
Etymology
From French laïque, from Latin la?cus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of lay.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?le?.?k/
- Rhymes: -e??k
Noun
laic (plural laics)
- A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
Adjective
laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)
- Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
- And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
Anagrams
- -ical, Cail, Cali, Laci
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of llec.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?lajk/
Adjective
laic (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)
- laic, secular
Noun
laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)
- layperson
Further reading
- “laic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “laic” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “laic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “laic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”). Cognate with White Hmong zuag.
Adjective
laic
- sharp
Romanian
Etymology
From French laïque, from Latin laicus.
Adjective
laic m or n (feminine singular laic?, masculine plural laici, feminine and neuter plural laice)
- secular
Declension
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lais
English
Noun
lais
- plural of lai
Anagrams
- Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lias, sail, sial
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?
Noun
lais m
- plural of lai
Galician
Etymology
From Old French lai (“song”), which have either a Germanic (confer Old High German leih, "a play, skit, melody, song") or Celtic origin (Old Irish laíd, "poem").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lajs/
Noun
lais m (plural laises)
- (archaic) song
Derived terms
- laiar
- salaiar
References
- “lais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “lais” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “lais” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Gothic
Romanization
lais
- Romanization of ????????????????
Welsh
Noun
lais
- Soft mutation of llais.
Mutation
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