Sais

Borrowed from Welsh Sais.

Sais (plural Sais or Saeson)

1. (Wales, informal) Someone from England; Englander

• AISs, ASIS, ASIs, Assi, ISAs, Issa, SSIA, as is, as-is, is-as, issa

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Sais m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sardinian

• -assi, assi, issa

From Ancient Greek Σάϊς (Sáïs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈs̠äɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/, [ˈsäːis]

Sais f sg (genitive Sais); third declension

1. Sais (ancient capital of Lower Egypt)

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

• “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.

From Middle Welsh Seis, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō. Cognate with Cornish Sows, Breton Saoz. Doublet of Sacson.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /saːi̯s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sai̯s/

Sais m (plural Saeson, feminine Saesnes, not mutable)

1. Englishman

• Sacson
• Saeson
• Saesnes

• Lloegr

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Sais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies