different between aby vs abegge
aby
English
Alternative forms
- abigg, abegge (obsolete)
- abye
- abuy
Etymology
From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ?by??an (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjan?, equivalent to a- +? buy. Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbugjan).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??ba?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
aby (third-person singular simple present abys, present participle abying, simple past and past participle abought)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [12th-16th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone. [12th-16th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) Endure; remain. [14th-16th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete, now limited to Scotland) Endure; experience; tolerate. [from 16th c.]
Usage notes
- Aby and abide became confused with each other for a period of time.
Synonyms
- (to pay for): purchase, procure; See also Thesaurus:buy
- (to pay the penalty for): make amends, make up
- (to pay the penalty): atone, expiate, propitiate
- (to pay as penalty): suffer, sustain
- (to endure): go on, hold on; See also Thesaurus:persist
- (to tolerate): brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
Related terms
- abide
References
Anagrams
- Bay, YBA, bay
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ab?]
Conjunction
aby
- so that, in order to, so
Related terms
- abych
- abychom
- abys
- abyste
Further reading
- aby in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- aby in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Univerbation of až (“that”) +? by (“would”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab?/
Verb
aby (defective, invariable)
- that… would
Further reading
- aby in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- aby in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.b?/
Conjunction
aby
- to, in order to, so that
- Synonyms: by, ?eby, a?eby
Further reading
- aby in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- aby in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ba?/
Adverb
aby (comparative mair aby, superlative maist aby)
- (Doric) ago, past
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abegge
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??b?d??/
Verb
abegge (third-person singular simple present abegges, present participle abegging, simple past and past participle abought or abegged)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of aby
Anagrams
- geebag
abegge From the web:
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