hai - What does it mean?

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'hai' is a common misspelling of 'hay'

The correct spelling of 'hay'

ends with the letter 'y'.

This incorrect spelling 'hai'

ends with the letter 'i'.

'hai' 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 'hay' not 'hai'

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

* Camden

Make hay while the sun shines.

* C. L. Flint

Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.

(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.

* 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:

I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

(Rowe)

(obsolete) A hedge.

(obsolete) A circular country dance.

to dance the hay

Derived terms

* hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack (rel-mid) * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shines (rel-bottom)

External links

* (wikipedia)

Verb

(en-verb)

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

To lay snares for rabbits.

(Huloet)

Related terms

* bale * straw

References

Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay

Etymology 2

: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay'' and ''gay''. The expected form in English if the ''h'' had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", ''h? .

Noun

(en-noun)

The name of the letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

* aitch, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

Anagrams

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