ay
Translingual
editSymbol
editay
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophones: aye, eye, I
Interjection
editay
- Ah! alas!
- (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Tro. Have I not tarried?
Pan. Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting.
Tro. Have I not tarried?
Pan. Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening.
Tro. Still have I tarried.
Pan. Ay, to the leavening; but […]
- 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? […] "
- 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
editNoun
editay (plural ays)
- Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
- counting the ays and the noes in a vote
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: A, eh
Adverb
editay (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
editDerived terms
editEtymology 3
editNoun
editay (plural ays)
- The name of the Latin-script letter A/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
editDescendants
editEtymology 4
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /eɪ/, (New Zealand) IPA(key): [æe̯]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: A, eh
Interjection
editay
- 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.
Alternative forms
editEtymology 5
editOrigin uncertain; possibly related to eh and hey; popularized by a catch phrase in a 1970s sitcom.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editay
Further reading
editAnagrams
editAinu
editNoun
editay (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, 2023 May 1 (last accessed)
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editPronoun
editay
Anguthimri
editNoun
editay
- (Mpakwithi) vegetable
References
edit- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184
Azerbaijani
editCyrillic | ај | |
---|---|---|
Abjad | آی |
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh) See Turkish ay for more cognates.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
- moon
- month
- date (day of the month)
- Bu gün ayın neçəsidir? ― What date is it today?
Declension
editDeclension 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
editAdverb
editay
- Indicates the future tense.
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).
Noun
editay
Declension
editReferences
editCzech
editInterjection
editay
- obsolete typography of aj
Gagauz
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).
Noun
editay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios).
Noun
editay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension
editHighland Popoluca
editNoun
editay
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
editEtymology
editFrom Old Spanish ha i (“it has there”).
Verb
editay (Latin spelling)
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editay
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “ai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editay
- Alternative form of ey (“egg”)
Middle French
editVerb
editay
Rayón Zoque
editNoun
editay
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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”).
Noun
editay (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
References
editTenishev, Edhem (1976) “ay”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Scots
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle English ey.
Alternative forms
editInterjection
editay
- An exclamation of surprise or wonder.
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editInterjection
editay
- yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question
Etymology 3
editAdverb
editay
- Alternative form of aye
References
edit- “ay, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “ay, interj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “ay, interj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “aye, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Somali
editNoun
editay ?
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editOnomatopoeic.
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
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editay
Further reading
edit- “ay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Sranan Tongo
editPronunciation
editNoun
editay
- Alternative spelling of ai.
Tagalog
editEtymology 1
editCompare Hanunoo ay, Cebuano kay, Remontado Agta ay, and Ibanag ay. Similar function to Ilocano ket and Pangasinan et.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaj/ [ʔaɪ̯], (colloquial) /ʔe/ [ʔɛ]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ay
Particle
editay (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. (Sirena ka.)
- You're a mermaid.
- then; so
- Kung gayon ay sumunod sa akin
- If that is so then follow me
- (dialectal) 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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Austronesian *ai and/or Spanish ay. Related to English ay. Compare Hokkien 哎 (ai).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaj/ [ˈʔaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ay
Interjection
editay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from English i, the English name of the letter I/i.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaj/ [ʔaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ay
Noun
editay (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, 2018
Anagrams
editTày
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editay
- to cough
- da ay ― cough medicine
- ay oóc lượt ― to cough up blood
- ay oóc ngạp ― to cough up sputum
- ay khảu bẳng ― to cough into a tube (in fear of it being too noisy)
- ay mí oóc ngạp ― to have a dry cough (literally, “to cough without sputum”)
- ay bấu oóc pác ― to cough without a sound
- tầư lồm đảng, me̱n ay
- They caught the cold wind so they coughed.
Derived terms
editReferences
editTurkish
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish آی (ay, “moon, month, crescent, a beautiful face”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“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
editNoun
editay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)
Declension
editInflection | ||
---|---|---|
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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Ottoman Turkish آی (ay!), akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”).
Interjection
editay
- 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
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “ay”, in Turkish dictionaries, 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
editArticle
editay
- some (plural indefinite article)
Usage notes
editPrecedes the noun.
Zaghawa
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editay
- I (first person pronoun)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editay
References
edit- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
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