different between foy vs soy

English

Etymology

From Middle French foy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)

1. (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
2. (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
   • 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,

     To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French foi.

Noun

foy f (plural foys)

1. faith
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.

     Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.

Descendants

• French: foi

Portuguese

Verb

foy

1. Obsolete spelling of foi

English

Alternative forms

• soya (British)

Etymology

1670s, from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese ?? (??, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese ?? (????, sh?yu))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)

1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

   Synonym: (US) soy sauce

   • 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, p.381

     Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.

2. (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

Derived terms

• soy bean
• soy boy
• soy milk
• soy sauce

Translations

Anagrams

• YSO, yos

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *s?y. Cognate with Uyghur ???? (soy).

Noun

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

1. stock (lineage, family, ancestry)
2. extraction (origin or ancestry)

   Synonym: ?sl

3. family

   Synonym: ail?

4. generation

   Synonym: n?sil

Declension

Derived terms

• soyad?
• soyda?

Descendants

• ?? Khalaj: soy

Further reading

• “soy” in Obastan.com.

Middle French

Pronoun

soy

1. oneself

Descendants

• French: soi

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sum (“I am”). Compare with doy and voy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?soi/, [?soi?]
• Rhymes: -oi

Verb

soy

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ser.

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ????? (ustr) and Ancient Greek ???? (huiús). Confer also the diminituve form so??ke reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".

Noun

soy m

1. son

Related terms

• so??ke

See also

• tk?cer
• p?cer
• m?cer
• procer
• ?er

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (soy), from Common Turkic *soy, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (soy).

Noun

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

1. ancestry
2. descent
3. family
4. kin
5. lineage
6. sort
7. tribe
8. origin
9. pedigree
10. progeny

Declension

Synonyms

• sülale

Derived terms

• soyad?
• soy a?ac?
• soygaz
• soyk?r?m

Etymology 2

Verb

soy

1. second-person singular imperative of soymak (to peel)

References

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