Sais

See also: sais, saís, Saïs, and šais

English

Noun

Sais (plural Sais)

  1. (Wales) Someone from England; Englander

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sais f (genitive Sais); third declension

  1. Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Sais
Genitive Sais
Dative Saī
Accusative Saim
Ablative Sae
Vocative Sais
Locative Sae

References
  • Sais in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *Seis, plural *Saïson, borrowed from Latin Saxō, plural Saxōnēs, itself ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsô.

Noun

Sais m (plural Saeson)

  1. Englishman

See also
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