-ais

Meaning

forms the first-person and second-person singular imperfect indicative form of a verb

Concepts

-ese

Synonyms

-ois

Translations

-és

-esa

-ès

-ese

-ês

-esa

-és

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: -ois

Inherited from Latin: -ēbās

Inherited from Old French: -eis

Inherited from Latin: -ēnsis

In summary

From Middle French -ois, from conflation of Latin -ēbās and -iēbas — second, third, and fourth conjugation variants of -bās, later generalized to all verbs.