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See also:Hay,hãy,hầy,andhaþ

English

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A Romanian haycock

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishhey, fromOld Englishhīeġ, fromProto-West Germanic*hawi, fromProto-Germanic*hawją (compareWest Frisianhea,Dutchhooi,GermanHeu,Danishhø,Norwegianhøy), from*hawwaną(“to hew, cut down”). More athew.

Noun

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hay (countable anduncountable,pluralhays)

  1. (uncountable)Grass cut and dried for use as animalfodder.
    • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym;William Camden],Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson,→OCLC:
      Makehay while sunne shines.
    • 1857,Charles Louis Flint,Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, […] :
      Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
  2. (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  3. (slang)Cannabis;marijuana.
    • 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
      I would like some of thathay. Enclose $20.
    • 1994, “Bug Powder Dust”, performed by Bomb the Bass:
      Jeff Spicoli, roll me anotherhay
  4. Anet set around thehaunt of ananimal, especially arabbit.
Derived terms
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Translations
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grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder
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Verb

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hay (third-person singular simple presenthays,present participlehaying,simple past and past participlehayed)

  1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
  2. Tolaysnares forrabbits.
Translations
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to cut green plants for fodder

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishhaye,heye, a conflation ofOld Englishheġe(“hedge, fence”) andOld Englishġehæġ(“an enclosed piece of land”).

Noun

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hay (pluralhays)

  1. (obsolete) Ahedge.
  2. (obsolete) Anet placed around thelair orburrow of an animal.
  3. (obsolete) Anenclosure,haw.
  4. (obsolete) Acircularcountry dance.

Etymology 3

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From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such askay andgay. The expected form in English if theh had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h",hā.

Noun

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hay (pluralhays)

  1. The letter for theh sound inPitman shorthand.
Related terms
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  • aitch, the Latin letter for this sound

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Anagrams

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Fingallian

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishheye, fromOld Englishheġe, fromProto-West Germanic*hagi.

Noun

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hay

  1. A circular countrydance.

Lushootseed

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hay

  1. toknow

Malagasy

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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hay

  1. truly!,indeed!

Etymology 2

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Participle

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hay

  1. possible
  2. known

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hay

  1. (dialectal)burning

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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hay

  1. (of land)exposed,bare

Etymology 5

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Noun

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hay

  1. (Tankarana) aninsect whichdamagesricecrops

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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hay (pluralhayes)

  1. Alternative form ofhaye(“net”)

Etymology 2

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Interjection

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hay

  1. Alternative form ofhey(“hey”)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hay (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form ofhey(“hay”)

Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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hay

  1. Alternative form ofhe(“they”)

Etymology 5

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Noun

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hay

  1. Alternative form ofheye(“hedge”)

Etymology 6

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Verb

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hay

  1. Alternative form ofhaven(“to have”)

Middle French

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Verb

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hay

  1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofhayr

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Fromha +y, "there is".

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hay

  1. (impersonal, Old Galician) there is, there are
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor,Crónica Troiana, page533:
      Et moytas uegadas cõteçe quehay algũus que nõ catã senõ porlo que he sua prol
      And many times it happens thatthere are some than don't care but for their own interest

Descendants

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Somali

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Verb

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hay

  1. tohold,have

Spanish

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Etymology

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FromOld Spanishha ý(“it has there”) (compareCatalanhi ha andFrenchil y a), fromha, third-person singular present form ofaver(“to have”), +ý (locative pronoun, compare modernFrenchy andCatalanhi), fromLatinibī(“there”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hay

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofhaber
    there is,there are
    Hay dos tiendas que venden películas.
    There are two stores that sell films.

Usage notes

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Impersonal form ofhaber,there is orthere are, nothe is orit was.

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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CompareHokkien害矣(hāi--ah).

Interjection

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hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. Alternative form ofay
  2. an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like:sigh
    Hay... Antok na ako!
    Sigh... I'm sleepy already!
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishhigh.

Adjective

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hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. (slang)high ondrugs;drugged
    Synonyms:sabog,basag,bogsa

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)(obsolete)

  1. act offrighting orstartling adog
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Further reading

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  • “hay”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate withAremhɪː ("to understand").

Verb

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hay• (咍,𫨩,台,能)

  1. (archaic or literary) toknow; toget to know; tolearn
    • Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), folio 35a
      合(Hợp)咍(hay)㝵(người)𱍸(ấy)咍(hay)把(trả)特(được)恩(ơn)盎(áng)那(nạ)
      Certainly, [one will]know that such a person can repay their parents' kindness.
    • 15th century,Nguyễn Trãi, “歸崑山重九偶作 Quy côn sơn trùng cửu ngẫu tác”, inQuốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
      𣈜恪咍兠群役恪
      節冷馬女底朱戈
      Ngày kháchay đâu còn việc khác,
      Tiết lành mựa nỡ để cho qua.
      Whoknows on a different day if I would be busy or not,
      [So] I would rather not miss out on this nice weather [right now].
    • 1820,Nguyễn Du (阮攸),Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1]:
      𬖉𦋦𦰟𦹵𦲿核
      𧡊囂囂𱢻時能姉𧗱
      Trông ra ngọn cỏ lá cây,
      Thấy hiu hiu gió thìhay chị về.
      And when you look outside, to where the grass and leaves are,
      And if you see them sway in the light breeze, then youknow that I, your sister, will come home soon.
    • 2018 January 22, Viễn Sự, Sơn Lâm, “Trẻ con lai ở miền Tây: Con không cha như nhà không nóc[The mixed children in Southwestern Vietnam: a fatherless child is like a roofless house]”, inTuổi Trẻ Online‎[2]:
      Hồi mẹ nó ẵm về nước, bà nội nó nói mua cho cái vé khứ hồi, tới hồi ra sân bay về lại Hàn Quốc thì mớihay cái vé đi có một chiều.
      When his mother carried him in her arms back to Vietnam, his paternal grandmother said they had bought a return ticket for her, but sherealised it was only a one-way ticket when she was at the airport, trying to return to Korea.
  2. (obsolete, auxiliary)can,could,may,might
    • Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), folio 35a
      合(Hợp)咍(hay)㝵(người)𱍸(ấy)咍(hay)把(trả)特(được)恩(ơn)盎(áng)那(nạ)
      Certainly, [one will] know that such a personcan repay their parents' kindness.

Adjective

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hay

  1. (obsolete)able,capable
    • 1914 [c. 5th century CE], “Kinh tin-kính [Apostles' Creed]”, in Edmond Nordemann, compiler,Chrestomathie annamite, translation ofSymbolum Apostolorum (in Latin),page152:
      Tôi tin kính Dêu chahay lọn vậy, dựng nên lời-đất.[…]
      [original:Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,[…]]
      I believe in God, the Father AllCapable, Creator of heaven and earth, […]
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  • The sense of “to know” is now mostly used in fixed expressions, such asđến đâu hay đến đó andcho hay(“to inform”, literally“to let [someone] know”), in the non-literary language.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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hay• (咍,𫨩,台)

  1. good, as inuseful,inventive,interesting orentertaining; comparetốt(good as in high-quality, skillful or ethical)
    Antonyms:dở,tệ,tồi
    ýhay ―a good idea
    Phimhay quá ha !
    That was a great movie!
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Adverb

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hay• (𫨩)

  1. well
    Antonyms:dở,tệ,tồi
    • c. 1990s, Đậu Kinh Luân, “Hoa Tay [Deftness]”‎[3]:
      Ai hay vẽ rồi sẽ vẽhay.
      Whoever draws often will drawwell.

Etymology 3

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Adverb

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hay

  1. often,habitually
    Conhay nói nhiều lắm.
    You, child, are talkative.
    (literally, “You, child,habitually talk too much.”)
    • c. 1990s, Đậu Kinh Luân, “Hoa Tay [Deftness]”‎[4]:
      Aihay vẽ rồi sẽ vẽ hay.
      Whoever drawsoften will draw well.

Etymology 4

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Conjunction

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hay• (咍,台,能)

  1. or
    Chọn cái này,hay chọn cái kia
    Choose this one, or choose that one
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Walloon

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hay

  1. go,let usgo

Yola

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Pronoun

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hay

  1. Alternative form ofhea(“he”)
    • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page130, line 6:
      "Hay was mee gude plowere,
      "He was my good plougher,
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page132, line 4:
      Fan Buckeenhay pooked lik own thing mad.
      When Buckeenhe jumped like a thing mad.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page132, line 7:
      Wi spur upa heelhay gaed him a goad,
      With a spur on his heel,he gave him a goad,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page133, line 3:
      Shu bin vrem Vorth, anhay vrem Bargee,
      She being from Forth andhe from Bargy;
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page133, line 5:
      Yola Vather Derusehay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux (he) early came there,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page133, line 6:
      Wi buke an wi candalehay tackled a paare.
      With book and with candlehe tackled the pair;

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[6], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page130
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