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( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forAymara . FromMiddle English ei ej ey eye imitative of the natural utterance, although probably also influenced byAnglo-Norman Old French ahi Old French haï Middle French aï aïe ay [ 1]
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Ah !alas !Expressinganger ,alarm ,frustration ,pain , etc. Alternative forms: aie aye 1559 Lucius, Anneus, Seneca , translated byIasper Heywood , “The Preface to the Tragedye”, inThe Sixt Tragedie of the Most Graue and Prudent Author Lucius, Anneus, Seneca, EntituledTroas , [ … ] , London: [ … ] Richard Tottyll ,→OCLC signature [A5], verso :And ſuch as yet, coulde neuer weapon wꝛeſt, / But on the lappe are woont to dandled be, / Ne yet foꝛgotten had the mothers bꝛeſt, / How greekes them ſlew, alas here ſhall ye ſe, / To make repoꝛte therof,ay woe is me, / My ſong is miſchiefe, murder miſerye.
( now chiefly Northern England and Scotland ) Expressingearnestness ,surprise ,wonder , etc. 1863 Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect ; quoted in “Ay (ē ⁱ),int. ”, inJames A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al. ], editors,A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary I (A–B) , London:Clarendon Press ,1884–1928 ,→OCLC page601 , column 2:Ay my word! I am glad to see you.
1888 December 9, Æthelbert[ Binns ] The Keighley News →OCLC page 7 , column 7:Ay ! bonny little buttercup, what are ta dewin’ heear, / Hoddin’ up thi tiny heead, this raw, cowd time o’ t’year?
1917 December 29, “Mary Maxwell; or, The Shadow on the Manse”, inThe People’s Journal →OCLC page 6 , column 3:“Ay , I’m glad he’s going to be mairrit,” he said a few minutes later as he sat in the manse kitchen.
1930 January 4,Northern Weekly Gazette , Stockton-on-Tees, Durham,→OCLC page21 , column 3:AY BY GUM . They’ve summat to put up wi’ hez t’ tram conductors, especially wheer t’ swells lives.2011 Through Her Eyes: An Infidel’s Perspective [ … ] ,[ Bloomington, Ind.] :Xlibris ,→ISBN page88 :Ay , lass, you’ve ruined your chances now. When you left for New York to become a Pan Am stewardess we thought you’d got it made.
Used inay, ay Seeaye
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( Mid-Ulster , others) Alternative spelling ofaye ( “ yes ” ) .1883 Howard Pyle , “Robin Hood Turns Butcher”, inThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood [ … ] [ … ] Charles Scribner’s Sons [ … ] →OCLC page48 :"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 , “The Spirit of Life”, inShe: A History of Adventure Longmans, Green, and Co. , published1887 ,→OCLC page284 :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.
ay (plural ays
Alternative spelling ofaye ( “ yes ” ) .counting theays and the noes in a vote
FromMiddle English ai Old Norse ei Proto-Germanic *aiwaz ( “ eternity, age ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- ( “ vitality ” ) ; cognate withOld English ā Ancient Greek ἀεί ( aeí ,“ always ” ) , andLatin aevum ( “ an age ” ) .
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( archaic , poetic or Northern England or Scotland ) Always ;ever ;continually ; for anindefinite 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 , page160 O he that hathay lived free, [...] ay (plural ays
Alternative form ofa :the name of theLatin-script letterA a 2004 The Stonking Steps , page170 :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. 3-5ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay " instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa". → Rohingya:ee → Tagalog:ey ay
New Zealand spelling ofeh 2013 November 13, “Surprising changes in the way Aucklanders speak”, inStuff [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.
Origin uncertain; possibly related toeh hey popularized
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All right ( inter ) ;hooray ( inter ) ;cool ( inter ) .ay (Kana spelling アイ
arrow Batchelor, John (1926 ),An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary , third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan “ay (アイ) ”, inAinu-English Dictionary [2] ay
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( Mpakwithi ) vegetable Terry Crowley,The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184 Inherited fromProto-Turkic *āy ( “ moon, month ” ) . Cognate withChuvash уйӑх ( ujăh ) SeeTurkish ay
ay (definite accusative ayı plural aylar
moon month date ( day of the month ) Bu günayın neçəsidir ?Whatdate is it today? Possibly related toEgyptian djw ( “ five ” ) orProto-Semitic *yad- ( “ hand ” ) , since the loss of d before y is knowngwedi ( singular ) vsgwey ( plural ) .[ 1]
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Fromay ( “ hand ” ) .
ay m feminine ayt
five Reinisch, Leo (1895 ),Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache [3] 295, 293 ^ Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon".Folia Orientalia 57 , page 36→DOI ay
Indicates thefuture tense . Inherited fromProto-Turkic *āy ( “ moon, month ” ) . CompareTurkish ay ( “ moon, month ” ) .
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month moon Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002 ),Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary [4] →ISBN “ay ”, inLuğatçıq ay
obsolete spelling ofaj Dolu Ay Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkish آیْ ( ay ) , fromProto-Turkic *āy ( “ moon, month ” ) .[ 1] Turkish ay ( “ moon, month ” ) ,Azerbaijani ay
ay (definite accusative ayı plural aylar
moon ay tutulmasılunar eclipse(literally, “the holding ofthe moon ”) month ay bitkisithe end of themonth ay danay afrommonth tomonth Clipping ofayoz
ay (definite accusative ayı plural aylar
saint Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkish هَایْ ( hay ) . CompareTurkish ay [ 2]
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( informal ) Used to express joy, surprise, pain, frustraiton, shock etc. ,wow !oh my God !oh !ay , ne gözäl!wow , how beautiful!ay ! Acêêr!Ouch! It hurts!ay , ne titsi!Oh , how terrible!( informal , when repeated twice) Used to expressreproach ,oh ,well ,eh ,oh my N. A Baskakov, editor (1972 ), “ай ”, inGagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary →ISBN 30 Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019 ), “ay”, inGagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12 , Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi,→ISBN 21 Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019 ), “ay”, inGagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4 , Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi,→ISBN 13 ay
leaf Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999 ),Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”;41 )[5] Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. ,→ISBN 10 FromOld Spanish ha i ( “ it has there ” ) .
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there is ,there are Borrowed fromOld Norse ei ey Proto-Germanic *aiwa *aiwō ( “ ever, always ” ) .
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always ,constantly ,unceasingly ;eternally ,forever ay
alternative form ofey ( “ egg ” ) ay
first-person singular present indicative ofavoir ay
leaf brim ( of a hat ) 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 )[6] Instituto Lingüístico de Verano , page 4 FromProto-Turkic *āy ( “ moon, month ” ) .
ay (3rd person possessive [please provide] ,plural [please provide] )
moon Tenishev, Edhem (1976 ), “ay ”, inStroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar
Inherited fromMiddle English ey
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An exclamation of surprise or wonder. ay
yes ;yea ; a word expressingassent , or anaffirmative answer to a questionay
alternative form ofaye “ay,adv. ”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , 2004–present,→OCLC 24 May 2024 , reproduced fromWilliam A[ lexander] Craigie ,A[ dam] J[ ack] Aitken [ et al. ] , editors,A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: [ … ] Oxford University Press , 1931–2002,→OCLC “ay,interj. ”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , 2004–present,→OCLC 24 May 2024 , reproduced from W[ illiam] Grant and D[ avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary Scottish National Dictionary Association , 1931–1976,→OCLC “ay,interj. ”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , 2004–present,→OCLC 24 May 2024 , reproduced from W[ illiam] Grant and D[ avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary Scottish National Dictionary Association , 1931–1976,→OCLC “aye,adv. ”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , 2004–present,→OCLC 24 May 2024 , reproduced from W[ illiam] Grant and D[ avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary Scottish National Dictionary Association , 1931–1976,→OCLC ay ?
dog Onomatopoeic.
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ah !,alas !woe !expressespain ,sorrow , orsurprise ay
obsolete spelling ofhay ay
alternative spelling ofai CompareHanunoo ay Cebuano kay Remontado Agta ay Ibanag ay Kapampangan yang Ilocano ket Pangasinan et
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. Akoay Pilipino. (Pilipino ako.) I am Filipino. Ika 'y isang sirena. (Sirena ka.)You're a mermaid. then ;so Kung gayonay sumunod sa akin If that is sothen follow me ( dialectal ) Particle used in start or end of sentences to express warning or catch attention. See also:a o oy aya / ayaa Parini kaay /Ay , parini ka. ―Come here. ( inversion marker ) : This word is often confused (by speakers of English or similar languages) to meantobe due to its similarity in location on sentences in subject-first form.This is usually elided to'y 'y elided form, informal , following a word ending with a vowel or "n" e FromProto-Austronesian *ai Spanish ay English ay Hokkien 哎 ( ai ) .
ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔
general exclamation :alas ;no ;oh ;oops Ay ! Nahulog.Oops ! It fell.Borrowed fromEnglish i I / i
ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔
the name of theLatin-script letterI i Filipino alphabet Synonym: ( in the Abecedario and Abakada alphabet ) i ( 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 “ay ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 FromProto-Tai *ʔajᴬ ( “ tocough ” ) . Cognate withNorthern 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 ) .
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tocough daay ―cough medicineay oóc lượttocough up blood ay oóc ngạptocough up sputum ay khảu bẳngtocough into a tube (in fear of it being too noisy) ay mí oóc ngạpto have a drycough (literally, “tocough without sputum ”)ay bấu oóc páctocough without a sound tầư lồm đảng, me̱nay They caught the cold wind so theycoughed . Lương Bèn (2011 ),Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary [7] [8] Léopold Michel Cadière (1910 ),Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary [9] Ay. (sense 1) Inherited fromOttoman Turkish آی ( ay ,“ moon, month, crescent, a beautiful face ” ) , fromProto-Turkic *āy ( “ moon, month ” ) .[ 1]
Cognate withOld Turkic 𐰖 ( y¹ /ay/ ,“ moon, month ” ) ,Karakhanid ااىْ ( āy ,“ moon, month ” ) ,Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽶 ( 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 ( ïy ,“ moon ” ) .
ay (definite accusative ayı plural aylar
( astronomy ) moon Ay'a ilk ayak basan insan Neil Armstrong'tur.The first person to set foot on theMoon was Neil Armstrong. ( time ) month Bir yılda 12ay var. There are 12months in a year. FromOttoman Turkish آی ( ay! ) , akin toKarakhanid [script needed] ( ay! ,“ oh! ” ) ,Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽶𐽶 ( ay! ,“ hey!, oh! ” ) .
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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 (hurts)! “ay ”, inTurkish dictionaries , Türk Dil Kurumu ay
some ( plural indefinite article ) Precedes the noun.
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I (first person pronoun)ay
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