different between aby vs amby

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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [12th-16th c.]
2. (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone. [12th-16th c.]
4. (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [from 12th c.]
5. (intransitive, obsolete) Endure; remain. [14th-16th c.]
6. (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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. (Doric) ago, past

English

Etymology

Shortening of ambidextrous +? -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.

Noun

amby (plural ambies)

1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.
   • 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:

     The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.

   • 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), ?ISBN, page 41:

     Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.

See also

• leftie
• rightie

Anagrams

• Byam