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ais.

back: only used in ar ais (back) and le hais (beside, compared with)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/aʃ//æʃ/Cois-Fharraige/æʃ/Ulster/ɛʃ/Ulster
  1. back: only used in ar ais (back) and le hais (beside, compared with)

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ais (“back”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *axsi-, from Proto-Celtic *axsilā (“axis”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

noun/aʃ//æʃ/Cois-Fharraige/æʃ/Ulster/ɛʃ/Ulster
  1. axis

    feminine
    ais an Domhain
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle”).

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