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noy
English
Etymology
Partly aphetic form of annoy, partly directly from Anglo-Norman noier, nuier.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n??/
Verb
noy (third-person singular simple present noys, present participle noying, simple past and past participle noyed)
- (now rare, dialectal) To annoy; to harm or injure. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.]
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- "In Normandie was he noght / Noyed for my sake; / Ac thow thiself soothly / Shamedest hym ofte, / Crope into a cabane1740 / For cold of thi nayles, / Wendest that wynter / Wolde han y-lasted evere, / And dreddest to be ded / For a dym cloude, / And hyedest homward / For hunger of thi wombe."]
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
Alternative forms
- noie (obsolete)
Noun
noy
- (obsolete) annoyance
Anagrams
- Yon, yon
Catalan
Noun
noy m (plural noys)
- Obsolete spelling of noi
Further reading
- “noy” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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nay
English
Etymology
From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *n? (“not”). More at no.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?, IPA(key): /ne?/
- Homophones: nee, neigh, Neagh
- Rhymes: -e?
Adverb
nay (not comparable)
- (now chiefly archaic or regional) No. [from 12th c.]
- (now chiefly archaic or regional) Introducing a statement, without direct negation. [from 14th c.]
- 1876, Henry James, Roderick Hudson:
- Nay, what are you smiling at so damnably?
- 1876, Henry James, Roderick Hudson:
- (now archaic or humorous) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]
Translations
Usage notes
In Early Modern English, nay was used to respond to a positive question, while no was used to respond to a negative question. Over time, this distinction disappeared.
Interjection
nay
- (archaic) No.
Derived terms
- nay-say
- naysayer
Noun
nay (plural nays)
- A vote against.
- Antonyms: aye, yea
- A person who voted against.
- (archaic) A denial; a refusal. [1]
Verb
nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)
- (obsolete) To refuse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
Adjective
nay (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Nary. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Anagrams
- AYN, Ayn, NYA, Yan, any, any%, ayn, yan
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naj/
Noun
nay
- swamp.
- small river.
Trivia
The ainu word -nay is frequently seen in names of places in Hokkaido and Northeast Japan, such as Wakkanai, Shizunai, etc.
Tagalog
Noun
nay
- abbreviation of nanay, the informal form of ina
Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with này.
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [naj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [naj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na(?)j??]
Adjective
nay • (????, ????, ????)
- now, nowadays
Derived terms
Related terms
- này (“this”)
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