-ais

Etymology 1
From, from conflation of and  — second, third, and fourth conjugation variants of , later generalized to all verbs.

Etymology 2
(feminine form ). In some senses from, (from , from , conflated with , all ultimately from ), in others from. Akin to.

Etymology 2
, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Usage notes
In the literary language, -ais causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example,.