Noun: nai
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | nai |
| Plural f | nais |
Sample Sentences
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Apuntamentos para axenda mental de hoxe: rifa coa miña nai. A ver por que lle ten que ir contando ela a ninguén que precisei psiquiatra despois da miña separación? (Appointment in today's TODO mental schedule: arguing with my mother. Why she has to go around telling anyone that I needed a psychiatrist after my separation?) [2016, Xurxo Sierra Veloso, Os fíos, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN:]
Nouns inflected like nai
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, influenced by the archaic nana (“mother”), from Latin mater. Cognate of Portuguese mãe. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
mãy', Latin Nouns '
mater', Portuguese Nouns '
mãe'.
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