Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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aby

/əˈbaɪ/ verb, proper noun, noun

Forms abought Abys abye abuy abie

  1. verb (archaic) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
  2. verb (archaic, figuratively) To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).
  3. verb (obsolete except Scotland) To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
  4. verb (obsolete) To pay for (something); to buy.
  5. verb To pay the penalty; to atone.
  6. verb To endure; to remain.
  7. proper noun A village in Aby with Greenfield parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL4178).
  8. proper noun A village in south-eastern Ivory Coast.
  9. noun (nickname) The Abyssinian cat.
  10. proper noun A settlement in Norrköping municipality, Östergötland county, Sweden.
  11. proper noun A settlement in Växjö municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.

Synonyms

make up sustain brook go on hold on put up with abide astand endure lie prevail last live persist remain stick stick it out stick out abear accept expiate abye atone

Etymology

From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ābyċġan (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbugjan). Not related to abide.

From Old Norse á (“river”) + býr (“town”). Literally "Town on a River" or "River Town". Cognate with Swedish Åby and Danish Aaby, both other towns.

A clipping of the word.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.]
  2. verb To endure; to abide. [Obs.]

Etymology [AS. abycgan to pay for; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bycgan to buy. See Buy, and cf. Abide.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “aby”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details