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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. ünlem Ah! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.

   “And ſuch as yet, coulde neuer weapon wꝛeſt, / But on the lappe are woont to dandled be, / Ne yet foꝛgotten had the mothers bꝛeſt, / How greekes them ſlew, alas here ſhall ye ſe, / To make repoꝛte therof, ay woe is me, / My ſong is miſchiefe, murder miſerye.”

2. ünlem Expressing earnestness, surprise, wonder, etc.

   “Ay my word! I am glad to see you.”

3. ünlem Used in ay, ay.
4. ünlem Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”).

   “"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin; "thou seemest happy this merry morn." "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher; "and why should I not be so?[…]"”

5. isim Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”).

   “counting the ays and the noes in a vote”

6. zarf Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.

   “O he that hath ay lived free, …”

7. isim Alternative form of a: the name of the Latin script letter A/a.

   “It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."”

8. ünlem New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag).

   “For example, New Zealanders tended to say "ay" at the end of sentences, but in the Asian community people used different tags to check whether people were still listening.”

9. ünlem All right (inter); hooray (inter); cool (inter).
10. isim Initialism of academic year.