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Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
ay
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ay
- Ah! alas!
- Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
- 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
- "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
- "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- "I swear also that I will honour and will cherish thee, Kallikrates, who hast been swept by the wave of time back into my arms, ay, till the very end, come it soon or late."
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (plural ays)
- Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
- counting the ays and the noes in a vote
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ai, from Old Norse ei, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“eternity, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vitality”); cognate with Old English ā, Ancient Greek ἀεί (aeí, “always”), and Latin aevum (“an age”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ay (not comparable)
- (archaic, poetic or Northern England) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
- 1670, John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland, as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, Collectanea Anglo-poetica, page 160
- O he that hath ay lived free, [...]
- 1670, John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland, as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, Collectanea Anglo-poetica, page 160
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (plural ays)
- The name of the Latin-script letter A.
- 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
- 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
- ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /eɪ/, (New Zealand) IPA(key): [æɪ]
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: A, eh
Interjection[edit]
ay
- New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag)
- 2013 November 13, “Surprising changes in the way Aucklanders speak”, in Stuff[1]:
- For example, New Zealanders tended to say "ay" at the end of sentences, but in the Asian community people used different tags to check whether people were still listening.
Etymology 5[edit]
Origin uncertain; possibly related to eh and hey; popularized by a catch phrase in a 1970s sitcom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ay
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Ainu[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (Kana spelling アイ)
References[edit]
- Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
- “ay (アイ)”, in Ainu-English Dictionary[2], TranslationDirectory.com, accessed 2023-05-01
Anguthimri[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
- (Mpakwithi) vegetable
References[edit]
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184
Azerbaijani[edit]
| Cyrillic | ај | |
|---|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | آی | |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *āń(k). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh) See Turkish ay for more cognates.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
- moon
- month
- date (day of the month)
- Bu gün ayın neçəsidir? ― What date is it today?
Declension[edit]
| Declension of ay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| nominative | ay |
aylar | ||||||
| definite accusative | ayı |
ayları | ||||||
| dative | aya |
aylara | ||||||
| locative | ayda |
aylarda | ||||||
| ablative | aydan |
aylardan | ||||||
| definite genitive | ayın |
ayların | ||||||
Chavacano[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ay
- Indicates the future tense.
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).
Noun[edit]
ay
Declension[edit]
Declension of ay
| nominative | ay |
|---|---|
| genitive | aynıñ |
| dative | ayğa |
| accusative | aynı |
| locative | ayda |
| ablative | aydan |
References[edit]
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ay
- obsolete typography of aj
Gagauz[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).
Noun[edit]
ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension[edit]
declension of ay
possessive forms of ay
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios).
Noun[edit]
ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension[edit]
declension of ay
possessive forms of ay
Highland Popoluca[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
References[edit]
- Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)[4] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 10
Ladino[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish ha i (“it has there”).
Verb[edit]
ay (Latin spelling)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ay
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “ai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
- Alternative form of ey (“egg”)
Middle French[edit]
Verb[edit]
ay
Rayón Zoque[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
References[edit]
- Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)[5] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 4
Salar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *āń(k).
Noun[edit]
ay (3rd person possessive {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})
References[edit]
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “ay”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from a use of aye to express agreement.
Adverb[edit]
ay (not comparable)
Somali[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay ?
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Interjection[edit]
¡ay!
- Ah!, Alas!
- Woe!
- expresses pain, sorrow, or surprise
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- ¡Ay de ti si no te rebelas!
- Woe is you if you do not rebel!
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
ay
- Obsolete spelling of hay
Further reading[edit]
- “ay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
- Alternative spelling of ai.
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Compare Hanunoo ay, Cebuano kay, Remontado Agta ay, and Ibanag ay. Similar function to Ilocano ket and Pangasinan et.
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)
- Separates the subject and the predicate. Indicative of a sentence inversion, i.e. from predicate-first form to subject-first form.
- Ako ay Pilipino. (Pilipino ako.)
- I am Filipino.
- Ika'y isang sirena.
- You're a mermaid. (You're gay.)
- then; so
- Kung gayon ay sumunod sa akin
- If that is so then follow me
- (regional) Particle used in start or end of sentences to express warning or catch attention. See also: a, o, oy, and aya/ayaa.
- Parini ka ay/Ay, parini ka. ― Come here.
Usage notes[edit]
- (inversion marker): This word is often confused (by speakers of English or similar languages) to mean to be due to its similarity in location on sentences in subject-first form.
- This is usually elided to 'y following a word ending in a vowel in speeches, casual, or poetic writing.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Austronesian *ai and/or Spanish ay. Related to English ay. Compare Hokkien 哎 (ai).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From English i, the English name of the letter I/i.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)
- The name of the Latin-script letter I/i, in the Filipino alphabet.
- Synonym: (in the Abecedario and Abakada alphabet) i
See also[edit]
- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading[edit]
- “ay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tày[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tai *ʔajᴬ (“to cough”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩱ, Lao ໄອ (ʼai), Lü ᦺᦀ (˙ʼay), Shan ဢႆ (ʼǎi), Tai Nüa ᥟᥭ (ʼay), Aiton ဢႝ (ʼay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay), Zhuang ae, Saek ไอ๋, Thai ไอ (ai).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ʔaj˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ʔaj˦˥]
Verb[edit]
ay
- to cough
- ay bấu oóc pác ― to cough without a sound
- ay khảu bẳng ― to cough into a tube (in fear of it being too noisy)
- da ay ― cough medicine
- tầư lồm đảng, me̱n ay
- They caught the cold wind so they coughed.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][8] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish آی (ay, “moon, month, crescent, a beautiful face”), from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖 (y¹ /ay/, “moon, month”), Karakhanid ااىْ (āy, “moon, month”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ay, “moon, month”), Azerbaijani ay (“moon”), Bashkir ай (ay, “moon”), Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh, “moon”), Kazakh ай (ai, “moon”), Khakas ай (ay, “moon”), Kyrgyz ай (ay, “moon”), Southern Altai ай (ay, “moon”), Tatar ай (ay, “moon”), Turkmen āý (“moon”), Tuvan ай (ay, “moon”), Uyghur ئاي (ay, “moon”), Uzbek oy (“moon”), Yakut ый (ıy, “moon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ay | |
| Definite accusative | ayı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ay | aylar |
| Definite accusative | ayı | ayları |
| Dative | aya | aylara |
| Locative | ayda | aylarda |
| Ablative | aydan | aylardan |
| Genitive | ayın | ayların |
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish آی (ay!), akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”).
Interjection[edit]
ay
- exclamation of surprise, shock or fear: oh!
- Ay kim gelmiş! ― Oh (look) who is (apparently) here!
- exclamation of pain: ouch!
- Ay, başım! ― Ouch, my head (hurt)!
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ay in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
References[edit]
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*āń(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Wolof[edit]
Article[edit]
ay
- some (plural indefinite article)
Usage notes[edit]
Precedes the noun.
Zaghawa[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
- I (first person pronoun)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ay
References[edit]
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
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