Contionary:aître

Skylandic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *askōn. Influence by the evolution of Latin nascere to French naître. Cognate with English ask.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Fuiebergean) IPA: / ɛtʁ/
• (chiefly Bernstein) IPA: [ɛ.tʁə]

Verb

aître (-ître, present ais, imperfect aissaient, present participle aissant, past participle aqué)

1. to ask, utter a question, request information or an answer for a question

Conjugations

All -ître verbs retain their /k/ sound in their IMPF.SJV forms, represented by the grapheme sequence « qu ». But only « aître » does it with the PP form too.

Tense	Form	IPA
PRES	ais	ɛ
PRESP	aissant	ɛ.sɑ̃
PRES.SJV	aissent	ɛs
IMPF	aissaient	ɛ.sɛ
PP	aqué	a.ke
IMPF.SJV	aquisse	a.kis
FUT	aîtront	ɛ.tʁɔ̃
IMP	aissons	ɛ.sɔ̃

Related words

• Aissance