mey

See also: Mey

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meiː/
• Rhymes: -eiː

Noun

mey f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)

1. maiden
2. virgin

Declension

declension of mey

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mey	meyin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyna	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	mey	meynni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

Synonyms

• mær

Derived terms

• María mey
• meydómur (“virginity”)
• afmeyja (“deflower”)

Old Norse

Noun

mey f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, plural meyjar)

1. Alternative form of mær

Declension

  Declension of mey (strong jō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mær, mey	mærin, meyin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyna	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	mey, meyju	meynni, meyjunni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

Pipil

Alternative forms

• (Teotepeque) -may

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maː(y)(V)-. Compare Classical Nahuatl māitl (“hand”). Cognate with Yaqui mamam, Hopi maa('at), Shoshone mo', and Cahuilla -mal.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /mej/, /meːj/

Noun

-mēy (plural -mejmēy)

1. hand (including hand and forearm)

   Tay tikpia tik mumey?

   What do you have in your hand?

2. branch

   Nemi se tutut pak ne imey uni kwawit

   There is a bird on that tree's branch

3. handle

   Shikwi yek ne imey ne metat pal titisi

   Hold the metate's handle well so you can grind

Synonyms

• (branch): -majtzal

Related terms

• mā- (combining form)

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məi]

Etymology 1

Noun

mey (plural meys)

1. hawthorn flower

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• may, ma

Verb

mey (past tense micht)

1. may

Usage notes

Generally replaced by can

Yola

Verb

mey

1. Alternative form of mye
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5:

     Nore zichel ne'er well, nowe, nore ne'er mey.

     Nor such never will, no, nor never may.

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86