Define:Ay

Relatit: Ay, ẩy, ấy, aý, and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Pronunciation

• /aɪ/ (interjection)

1. REDIRECT Template:Wt/sco/homophones

• /eɪ/ (adverb, adjective)

1. REDIRECT Template:Wt/sco/homophones

Interjection

Ay

1. Ah! alas!
2. ("yes")
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     "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?"

3. (question tag)

Adverb

Ay (nae comparable)

1. Always; ever.
   • 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, [...]

Alternative forms

• aye

Adjective

Ay (nae comparable)

1. For an indefinite time.

Synonyms

• always
• continually
• forever

See also

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "^{article name needed}". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Anagrams

• ya, YA

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Azeri

Ither scripts
Cyrillic	Cyrillic: ај‍
Roman	ay‍
Perso-Arabic	‍آی‍

Noun

Template:Wt/sco/Latn definite accusative Ayı plural Aylar

1. moon
2. month

Declension

declension o Ay

	singular	plural
absolute	Ay	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2r]]
definite accusative	[[AyTemplate:Az-v4]]	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2-v4]]
dative	[[AyTemplate:Az-v2]]	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2]]
locative	[[AydTemplate:Az-v2]]	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2rdTemplate:Az-v2]]
ablative	[[AydTemplate:Az-v2n]]	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2rdTemplate:Az-v2n]]
definite genitive	[[AyTemplate:Az-v4n]]	[[AylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2-v4n]]

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

Ay

1. month
2. moon

Declension

    declension o Ay

nominative	Ay
genitive	Aynıñ
dative	Ayğa
accusative	Aynı
locative	Ayda
ablative	Aydan

References

• В. А. Мiрєєв, С. М. Усеїнов (2002), Українсько-кримськотатарський словник, Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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Ladino

Verb

Ay (Laitin spellin)

1. there is, there are

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Middle French

Verb

Ay

1. First-person singular present indicative o avoir

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Scots

Etymology

Probably from a use of

aye

to express agreement.

Adverb

Ay (nae comparable)

1. yes

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• /ai/

1. REDIRECT Template:Wt/sco/homophones

Interjection

1. REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/es-interj

1. Expresses pain or sorrow.
2. A stereotypical sound of a Latino or Latina (e.g. ¡Ay Papi!, something like saying "Oh Baby!")

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Inglis

eye

.

Noun

Ay

1. eye

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Tagalog

Preposition

Ay

1. Equality marker. It can be translated as is, am, are, was, will be, etc., but functions as a preposition, not a verb.
2. Verb/predicate marker. Only used when the verb or predicate does not begin the sentence.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ay, from Template:Proto.

Pronunciation

• /aj/

Noun

Ay (objective definite ayı)

1. month
2. An interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!

Usage notes

• Ay means moon, not ay (the first "A" is capitalized)