EY

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An egg.

   “Take brothe of capons withoute herbes, and breke eyren, and cast into the pot, and make a crudde therof, and colour hit with saffron, and then presse oute the brothe and kerve it on leches; and then take swete creme of almondes, or of cowe mylk, and boyle hit; […]”

2. zamir A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

   “Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame.”

3. isim A small island formed by the buildup of silt or gravel at the confluence of two rivers or streams.

   “Runnymede Bridge is situated on an 'ey' – a small gravel islet close to the river bank.”

4. isim A place that has a name ending in "-ey" because it is or was located at such an island.

   “Among the many eys, eyots, or islands, clustering about Oxford, at or near the confluence of the Isis and Cherwell, viz., Binsey, Botley, Hinksey, Iffley, Osney, Oxey, Pixey, &c., there are two, vis., Osney and Oxey, which manifestly enshrine this rivername.”

5. ünlem Alternative form of hey.

   “JULIO. (Moves away.) No walking. I told you I’m not walking. / INES. You walked yesterday after the exercises. / JULIO. I can’t today. / INES. Then I’m going outside to smoke! / JULIO. Ey, don’t get angry!”

6. isim Obsolete form of eye.
7. özel isim Initialism of Ernst & Young.