• Ay

    Pronunciation

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

    Full definition of ay

    Interjection

    1. Ah! alas!
    2. Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
      • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood"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. Alternative spelling of eh (question tag)

    Adverb

    ay

    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 160O he that hath ay lived free, ...

    Alternative forms

    Adjective

    ay

    1. For an indefinite time.

    Noun

    ay

    (plural ays)
    1. Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")counting the ays and the noes in a vote

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