ai - What does it mean?
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'ai' is a common misspelling of 'ay'
The correct spelling of 'ay' ends with the letter 'y'.
This incorrect spelling 'ai' ends with the letter 'i'.
'ai' Spelling Rule
In the early Modern English period, words ending in 'i' were changed to end in 'y'. For example, mani, veri, beauti and marri were changed to many, very, beauty and marry. This explains why some words containing a y, feature an i in their plural or past tense form. For example, try, tried; baby, babies; marry, marries.
Definition of 'ay' not 'ai'English
Interjection
( en-interj)
Ah! alas!
("yes")
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"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? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
(question tag)
Adverb
( -)
Always; ever.
* 1670 , John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland'', as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, ''Collectanea Anglo-poetica , page 160
- O he that hath ay lived free, [...]
Alternative forms
* aye
Adjective
(-)
For an indefinite time.
Synonyms
* always
* continually
* forever
Noun
( en-noun)
("yes")
- counting the ays and the noes in a vote
See also
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English words similar to 'ai':ai, ay, ahi
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