apay

See also: apāy

English

Alternative forms

• appay

Etymology

From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (“to appease”). See Latin pax (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

apay (third-person singular simple present apays, present participle apaying, simple past and past participle apayed or apaid)

1. (archaic) To satisfy, please.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     It was a strange conceit, with our owne affliction to goe about to please and appay divine goodnesse.

2. (obsolete) To repay.

Anagrams

• paya

Crimean Tatar

Noun

apay

1. woman, wife

Declension

Declension of apay

	singular	plural
nominative	apay	apaylar
genitive	apaynıñ	apaylarnıñ
dative	apayğa	apaylarğa
accusative	apaynı	apaylarnı
locative	apayda	apaylarda
ablative	apaydan	apaylardan

Synonyms

• apaqay

Dupaningan Agta

Pronoun

apay

1. (interrogative) why

Ilocano

Pronoun

apay

1. (interrogative) why

Quechua

Verb

apay

1. (transitive) to carry
2. (transitive) to transport
3. (transitive) to surpass
4. (transitive) to lead

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apay

infinitive			apay
agentive			apaq
present participle			apaspa
past participle			apasqa
future participle			apana
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ñuqa	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	ñuqayku	qamkuna	paykuna
	present	apani	apanki	apan	apanchik	apayku	apankichik	apanku
	past (experienced)	aparqani	aparqanki	aparqan	aparqanchik	aparqaniku	aparqankichik	aparqanku
	past (reported)	apasqani	apasqanki	apasqan	apasqanchik	apasqaniku	apasqankichik	apasqanku
	future	apasaq	apanki	apanqa	apasunchik	apasaqku	apankichik	apanqaku
imperative		—	qam	pay	—	—	qamkuna	paykuna
	affirmative		apay	apachun			apaychik	apachunku
	negative		ama apaychu	ama apachunchu			ama apaychikchu	ama apachunkuchu

See also

• apaysiy
• qhawachiy
• usachiy

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English apaie/apaye, from Old French apayer/apaier.

Verb

apay (third-person singular simple present apayis, present participle apaying/apayand, simple past appayit/apayed, past participle appayit/apayed) (Middle Scots, transitive)

1. To please, satisfy
   • 1550, Rolland, J. Ct. Venus, Ane Treatise callit The Court of Venus‎^[1]:

     Dame Venus, … but dreid, Was weill appayit

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Middle Scots conjugation of apay

infinitive	(to) apay
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	apay	apayit
2nd person singular	apayis	apayit
3rd person singular	apayis	apayit
¹ plural	apay	apayit
imperative	present	—
singular	apay (þow)!
¹ plural	apay (ȝe)!
participle	present	past
	apayand	apayit
Note: When not immediately preceded or followed by a pronoun, a verb in the present tense takes the -is inflection, in any person and number. See Northern Subject Rule. ¹ Commonly used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Further reading

• “apay” in Scots Dictionary