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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sally

/ˈsæli/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms sallies sallying sallied Sallys salley Sallie

  1. noun A willow.
  2. noun Any tree that resembles a willow.
  3. noun An object made from the wood of a willow.
  4. noun A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
  5. noun A sudden rushing forth. “Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.”
  6. noun (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
  7. noun An excursion or side trip.
  8. noun A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
  9. verb (intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position). “The troops sallied in desperation.”
  10. verb (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth").
  11. verb (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
  12. noun (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
  13. noun A kind of stonefly.
  14. noun A wren.
  15. noun (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
  16. proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
  17. proper noun (UK, slang) A nickname for the Salvation Army.

Synonyms

Salvo wisecrack crack quip sortie sallying forth

Etymology

From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow.

Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”).

Unknown.

A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
  2. noun A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
  3. noun A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.

Etymology [F. saillir, fr. L. salire to leap, spring, akin to gr. Sallient, Assail, Assault, Exult, Insult, Saltation, Saltire.]

Etymology [F. saillie, fr. sailir. See Sally, v.]

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