ay

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/ (interjection)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: aye, eye, I

ay

1. Ah! alas!
2. Alternative spelling of aye ("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?"

ay (plural ays)

1. Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")

   counting the ays and the noes in a vote

From 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”).

• aye

• IPA^(key): /eɪ/ (adverb, adjective)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: A, eh

ay (not comparable)

1. (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, [...]

• always
• continually
• forever

ay

1. New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag)

• Ay in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• YA, ya

From Proto-Turkic *āń(k). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh) See Turkish ay for more cognates.

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month
3. date (day of the month)

   Bu gün ayın neçəsidir? ― What date is it today?

From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).

ay

1. month
2. moon

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

ay

1. obsolete typography of aj

From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon, month”).

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios).

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. saint

From Old Spanish ha i (“it has there”).

ay (Latin spelling)

1. there is, there are

ay

1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir

Probably from a use of aye to express agreement.

ay (not comparable)

1. yes

• IPA^(key): /ˈai/, [ˈai̯]
• Homophone: hay
• Rhymes: -ai

¡ay!

1. Ah!, Alas!
2. Woe!
3. Expresses pain, sorrow, or surprise.

ay

1. Obsolete spelling of hay

ay

1. Alternative spelling of ai.

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.

From Ottoman Turkish ای‎ (ay, “moon, month, crescent, a beautiful face”), آی‎ (ay), from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖‎ (ay, “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 (ay, “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”).

• IPA^(key): /aj/

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month

From Ottoman Turkish آی‎ (ay!), akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ay!, “oh!”)

ay

1. exclamation of surprise, shock or fear: oh!

   Ay kim gelmiş! ― Oh (look) who is (apparently) here!

2. exclamation of pain: ouch!

   Ay, başım! ― Ouch, my head (hurt)!

• ayol

• hay!
• ey!

• ay in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

ay

1. some (plural indefinite article)

Precedes the noun.

ay

1. crab

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf