guai
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe!”), from Proto-Germanic *wai. Compare Latin vae, which likewise descends from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Adjective
guai m or f (masculine and feminine plural guais)
Further reading
- “guai” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: guài
Interjection
guai
- woe!
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures], Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:
- Guai acquelli ke morrano ne le peccata mortali. beati quelli ke trovarane le tue santissime voluntati
- Woe to those who die in mortal sin. Blessed be those who find themselves in your most holy will
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto Ⅲ [Canto 3]”, in La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, page 42, lines 84–87:
- […] Guai a voi, anime prave!
Non isperate mai veder lo cielo:
i' vegno per menarvi a l'altra riva
ne le tenebre etterne, in caldo e 'n gelo.- Woe to you, o depraved souls! Do not hope to ever see heaven: I come to lead you to the other bank, to the eternal darkness, in heat and in frost.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwa.i/
- Rhymes: -ai
- Hyphenation: guà‧i
Further reading
- guai in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
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Mandarin
Romanization
guai
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai, both from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Further reading
- “guai” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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