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Wiktionary
ayadverb
Always; ever.
ayadjective
For an indefinite time.
ayinterjection
Ah! alas!
ayinterjection
("yes")
ayinterjection
(question tag)
AYnoun
academic year
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ayadverb
Etymology: perhaps from aio, Lat.
Return you thither? ————
—— Ay, madam, with the swiftest wing of speed. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.What say’st thou? Wilt thou be of our consort?
Say ay; and be the captain of us all. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.Remember it, and let it make thee crest-fall’n;
Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
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Ay
Ay is a colloquial term used to express agreement, affirmation, or acknowledgment in various languages and cultures. It can be understood as a short and informal way of showing approval, acknowledgment, or consent in a conversation.
Webster Dictionary
Ay
ah! alas!
Ayadverb
same as Aye
Ayadverb
yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc
Ayadjective
always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time
Etymology: [Perh. a modification of yea, or from the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey, why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or perh. akin to aye ever.]
Wikidata
Ay
Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period, although he was a close advisor to two and perhaps three of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was said to be the power behind the throne during Tutankhamun's reign. Ay's prenomen or royal name—Kheperkheperure—means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Ra" while his birth name Ay it-netjer reads as 'Ay, Father of the God.' Records and monuments that can be clearly attributed to Ay are rare, not only due to his short length of reign, but also because his successor, Horemheb, instigated a campaign of damnatio memoriae against him and other pharaohs associated with the unpopular Amarna Period.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ay
ā, interj. ah! oh! alas! esp. in ay me! [M. E. ey, ei, perh. from Fr. ahi, aï; cf. Sp. ay de mi!]
Ay
Aye, ī, adv. yea: yes: indeed.—n. Aye (ī), a vote in the affirmative: (pl.) those who vote in the affirmative. [Perh. a dial. form of aye, ever; perh. a variant of yea.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ay is ranked #53072 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Ay surname appeared 390 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ay.
62% or 242 total occurrences were White.
22.3% or 87 total occurrences were Asian.
6.1% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
5.9% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ay' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3673
Anagrams for ay »
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YA
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ay in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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