Wt/sco/ay

See also: Wt/sco/Ay, Wt/sco/ẩy, Wt/sco/ấy, Wt/sco/aý, and Wt/sco/Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽⁾: /aɪ/ (interjection)
  • Homophones: aye, eye, I
• IPA⁽⁾: /eɪ/ (adverb, adjective)
  • Homophones: A, eh

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

• Ay in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• ya, YA

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Azeri

Ither scripts
Cyrillic	ај‍
Roman	ay‍
Perso-Arabic	‍آی‍

Noun

Wt/sco/ay definite accusative Wt/sco/ayı plural Wt/sco/aylar

1. moon
2. month

Declension

declension o Wt/sco/ay

	singular	plural
absolute	Wt/sco/ay	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2r]]
definite accusative	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/ayTemplate:Az-v4]]	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2-v4]]
dative	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/ayTemplate:Az-v2]]	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2]]
locative	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aydTemplate:Az-v2]]	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2rdTemplate:Az-v2]]
ablative	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aydTemplate:Az-v2n]]	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2rdTemplate:Az-v2n]]
definite genitive	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/ayTemplate:Az-v4n]]	[[Wt/sco/Wt/sco/aylTemplate:Az-v2rTemplate:Az-v2-v4n]]

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

ay

1. month
2. moon

Declension

    declension o Wt/sco/ay

nominative	Wt/sco/ay
genitive	Wt/sco/aynıñ
dative	Wt/sco/ayğa
accusative	Wt/sco/aynı
locative	Wt/sco/ayda
ablative	Wt/sco/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

Wt/sco/ay (Laitin spellin)

1. there is, there are

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Middle French

Verb

ay

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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

• IPA^(key): /ai/
• Homophone: hay

Interjection

¡ay!

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:Wt/sco/proto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)