saai

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːi̯
  • IPA(key): /saːi/
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Etymology 1

From the sense below, apparently because the cloth was perceived as dull and uninteresting.

Adjective

saai (comparative saaier, superlative saaist)

  1. boring, tedious
Inflection
Inflection of saai
uninflected saai
inflected saaie
comparative saaier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial saaisaaierhet saaist
het saaiste
indefinite m./f. sing. saaiesaaieresaaiste
n. sing. saaisaaiersaaiste
plural saaiesaaieresaaiste
definite saaiesaaieresaaiste
partitive saaissaaiers—

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch saye, saey, from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.

Alternative forms

  • (Brabantian) sui

Noun

saai c (uncountable)

  1. woven woollen cloth
  2. (Brabantian) wool (in yarn form)
    een bolleke sui ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: wol

References

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