aye
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmativeAn affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Aye, what a pity! I thought it would clear up finally.
Ja, wie schade! Ich dachte, es würde sich endlich aufklären. — Espi
Дуже шкода! Я думав, що врешті-решт розпогодиться. — deniko
lukaszpp · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
to call for the ayes and nays
The ayes have it.
заza
Examples
10 sentencesAye, what a pity! I thought it would clear up finally.
Дуже шкода! Я думав, що врешті-решт розпогодиться. — deniko
deJa, wie schade! Ich dachte, es würde sich endlich aufklären. — Espi
Aye aye, sir.
Так точно. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Those in favor may say aye.
deWer dafür ist, stimme mit ja! — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
We stand aye on guard for thee.
All those in favor, say "Aye."
Translations
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Origin
"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. Compare Faroese ája (“certainly, ah yes”). More at oh, yea. Online Etymology Dictionary also with these posits a possible descent from I (as if clipped from e.g. "I assent").
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