Alis

See also: alis, -alis, and -ális

English

Proper noun

Alis

1. plural of Ali

Anagrams

• Ilsa, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sail, sial

Middle English

Proper noun

Alis

1. Alice
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     That Iankin clerk, and my gossib dame Alis, / And I my-self, in-to the feldes wente.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• Alys

Etymology

From Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalɪs/
• Rhymes: -alɨ̞s

Proper noun

Alis f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alice

Derived terms

• malws Alis (“vervain mallow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Alis	unchanged	unchanged	Halis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13