Wt/sco/aye

See also: Wt/sco/ayé

English

Etymology 1

From Middle Inglis aye, ai, agg, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Template:Wt/sco/proto ‘ever, always’ (compare Old English ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je), accusative of Template:Wt/sco/proto ‘age; law’ (compare Old English ǣ(w) ‘law’, West Frisian ieu ‘id’, Dutch eeuw ‘century’), from Template:Wt/sco/proto ‘long time’ (compare Irish aois ‘age, period’, Latin ævum ‘eternity’, Ancient Greek ).

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽⁾: /eɪ/
• (incorrectly) IPA⁽⁾: /aɪ/
  • Homophones: ay, eye, I

Adverb

aye (nae comparable)

1. Template:Wt/sco/archaic ever, always

Quotations

• For uissage exemples o this term, see Citations:aye.

Etymology 2

Probably from use of as expression of agreement, or from Middle Inglis a ye (“oh yes”). More at oh, yea.

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽⁾: /aɪ/
• Homophones: ay, eye, I

Alternative forms

• ay

Interjection

aye

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

Usage notes

It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, the northern counties of Ireland, voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.

Synonyms

• yes
• yea

Antonyms

• nay
• no

Translations

yes

• Finnish: jaa (fi), kyllä (fi)
• French: oui
• German: jawohl (de)
• Greek: ναι (nai)

• Persian: بله‎
• Russian: есть (ru) (jest’)
• Spanish: sí (es), sé
• Turkish: evet

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Noun

aye (plural Wt/sco/ayes)

1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

   "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."

Synonyms

• yes

Translations

affirmative vote

• Finnish: jaa-ääni (fi)
• Spanish: sí (es) m

• Turkish: evet

Anagrams

• yea

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Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ā.

Adverb

aye (nae comparable)

1. used to show agreement or acceptance; yes
2. always, still

   A'll aye be wi ye an A'm nae carin whit thay say - I will always/ still be with you and I don't care what they say

Interjection

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