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aye

adv
/eɪ//aɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Germanic *aiwazder. Old Norse eyder. Middle English ay English aye From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum. See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).

  1. derived from *h₂eyu-✻
  2. derived from *aiwa✻
  3. derived from ei
  4. inherited from ay

Definitions

  1. Ever, always.

    • […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.
    • The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.

  2. Yes

    Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

    • david: […] Will he surely give him his daughter? The daughter of his house in Gilgal? soldier: Aye, surely he will.

  3. A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim…

    A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To respond with an "aye".

      • The men ayed their agreement.

    2. An affirmative vote

      An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

      • to call for the ayes and nays
      • The ayes have it.

    3. Alternative spelling of ay (question tag).

    4. Alternative spelling of ay

      Alternative spelling of ay: expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.

      • Iſt’s der? Keine Antwort? — Er iſt’s! Reinhold? Reinhold’, der boͤſe Feind jagt dich parforce! Ey, ey, ey! Welch Skandal!
      • jonathan: Oh, peace! Thou art all mischief, Michal, Thou shouldst be married to a Philistine, for his undoing. michal: Ayeee! This David has come back to trouble us! Why didst not thou slay the Philistine, Jonathan?
      • "Aye, aye, aye," Federer said when he hit an uncharacteristically wayward shot when serving for the match, such were his comfort levels.

    5. Used in aye aye.

    6. Alternative spelling of eh.

    7. A surname.

    8. Abbreviation of Ayer Rajah Expressway.

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Derived

aye aye, aye man, och aye, we aye, well aye, wye aye

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aye. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA