different between bly vs bey

English

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal variant of blee (“complexion, aspect, colour, hue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla?/

Noun

bly (plural blies)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character.

   I see a bly of your father about you.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?i/

Etymology 1

From Dutch blijven, from Middle Dutch bliven, from Old Dutch bl?van (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bil?ban? (“to remain”).

Verb

bly (present bly, present participle blywende, past participle gebly)

1. to live (somewhere)

2. to stay; to remain

Etymology 2

From Dutch blij, from Middle Dutch blide, from Old Dutch *bl?thi, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þ?, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þiz.

Adjective

bly (attributive blye, comparative blyer, superlative blyste)

1. happy

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?ly??]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blý.

Noun

bly n (singular definite blyet, not used in plural form)

1. lead (metal)
2. (informal) ammunition for a firearm
   • 2010, Niels Ole Qvist, Tango 4, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN

     Han holder af at stå i skyggen under bliktaget og spy bly ud over terrænet uden at blive forstyrret.

     He likes to stand in the shade under the roof and pump lead out over the terrain without being interrupted.

   • 2015, Nicolai Lilin, Sibirisk opdragelse: Opvækst i en kriminel underverden, Art People ?ISBN

     Mel skød som sædvanlig fuldstændig vildt, idet han forsøgte at lave maskingeværssalver med sin pistol, så der fløj bly i alle retninger.

     As usual, Mel shot wildly, as he attempted to make machine gun salvos with his pistol, so that lead went in all directions.

Declension

Synonyms

• (metal): plumbum (rare)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *bljúgr, whence also Icelandic bljúgur, Swedish blyg. Compare also Middle High German bliuc.

Adjective

bly

1. shy, timid
   • 2014, Robyn Grady, Michelle Reid, Sandra Marton, Altid hos dig/Ægteskab på afveje/Den uskyldige pige, Förlaget Harlequin AB ?ISBN

     Hun ligger som regel stadig inde i sengen. Hun er meget bly.

     She usually still lies in the bed. She is very shy.

   • 2014, Lone Klint Grønbæk, Camino: Vandring og forandring, BoD – Books on Demand ?ISBN, page 61

     Daniella, den yngste af de 3 italienske nonner, var meget kontaktsøgende. Hun var, modsat de andre, endnu ikke bly, ydmyg og privat.

     Daniella, the youngest of the three Italian nuns, was very extroverted. She was, unlike the others, not yet shy, humble and private.

Derived terms

• bly viol

Etymology 3

Derived from the adjective bly; probably modelled after sky (“shyness”), which is also related to an identical adjective sky (“shy”).

Noun

bly

1. (archaic) Reluctance to express thoughts.
   • 1848, Nyt historisk tidsskrift, page 58

     thi Konger og Stormænd have Alting undtagen Sandhedsmænd og behøve derfor meest de Bøger, som dristig uden Bly og Frygt paaminde os i alle vore Gierninger; de ere ikke alle troe Venner, der ere Kongetienere."

     for kings and lords have everything but men of truth and therefore are in greatest need of the books which, boldly and without worry and fear, remind us in all our doings that not all those who serve kings are faithful friends.

References

• “bly” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bly,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bly” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse blý

Noun

bly n (definite singular blyet, uncountable)

1. lead (material and chemical element, symbol Pb)

Derived terms

• blyfri

References

• “bly” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blý

Noun

bly n (definite singular blyet, uncountable)

1. lead (material and chemical element, symbol Pb)

References

• “bly” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse blý.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bly?/

Noun

bly n (uncountable)

1. lead (chemical element)

Declension

Related terms

• blyad
• blyfri
• blyerts
• blytung

English

Etymology

From Turkish bey (“gentleman, chief”), from Old Turkic ????????? (b²g /bég/, “chief, titled man”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /be?/
• (AusE) IPA^(key): /bæ?/
• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /be?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

bey (plural beys)

1. (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 512:

     She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.

   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, p. 15:

     Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.

2. in various other places, a prince or nobleman

Derived terms

• begum

Translations

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “bey”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük

Anagrams

• 'bye, Bye, Eby, bye

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?j/

Noun

bey m (plural beys)

1. bey

German

Preposition

bey

1. Obsolete spelling of bei

Middle English

Noun

bey

1. Alternative form of bee

Spanish

Etymology

From Turkish bey.

Noun

bey m (plural beyes)

1. bey

Talysh

Verb

bey

1. to be

Conjugation

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg), from Old Anatolian Turkish ??? (beg, “ruler”). Akin to Old Turkic ????????? (beg, “chief, titled man”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (beg, “lord, chief”), Karakhanid ????? (b?g, “chief, a woman's husband”).

There are different theories about the further etymology of the word.

• According to one theory the word may ultimately come from Middle Chinese ? (MC p?æk?, “hundred”), ? (MC p?æk?, “the head of a hundred men”), or ? (MC p?æk?, “eldest brother, father's older brother > count”) ~ ? (MC p?æk?, “hegemon”).
• Another theory states that the word may have its origins in Middle Iranian, specifically Sogdian [script needed] (baga, “lord, master”) or Old Persian ???? (BG, “god”), all from Proto-Iranian *bagáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?agás (“god”, literally “dispenser”). However, German Turkologist Gerhard Doerfer assessed the derivation from an Iranian language as quite uncertain and pointed out that the word may be genuinely Turkic.

Unrelated to Turkish bay (“gentleman”).

Noun

bey (definite accusative beyi, plural beyler)

1. gentleman, mister
2. lord, master
3. husband

Declension

Synonyms

• bay
• beyefendi

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Albanian: bej
• ? Armenian: ??? (bey)
• ? Azerbaijani: b?y
• ? Bulgarian: ??? (bej)
• ? Dutch: bei
• ? English: bey
• ? Finnish: bey
• ? French: bey
• ? Georgian: ??? (bai)
• ? German: Bey
• ? Greek: ????? (béis), ???? (véis)
• ? Hungarian: bey
• ? Portuguese: bei
• ? Russian: ??? (bej)
• ? Spanish: bey

References

Wolof

Verb

bey

1. to farm

Derived terms