Aye

Etymology 1
From aye:, ai:, agg:, from  ei:, ey:, from  ‘ever, always’ (compare Old English a:, o:, Middle Dutch ie:, German je:), accusative of  ‘age; law’ (compare Old English ae: ‘law’, West Frisian ieu: ‘id’, Dutch eeuw: ‘century’), from  ‘long time’ (compare Irish aois: ‘age, period’, Latin aevus: ‘eternity’, Ancient Greek undefined:).

Adverb

 * 1) ever, always

Etymology 2
Probably from use of aye: as expression of agreement, or from undefined:. More at,.

Alternative forms

 * ay

Interjection

 * 1) yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

Synonyms

 * yes
 * yea

Antonyms

 * nay
 * no

Noun

 * 1) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
 * "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."

Synonyms

 * yes

Thesaurus
Australian ballot; Hare system; OK; acceptance; accord; acquiescence; affirmation; affirmative; affirmative attitude; affirmative voice; affirmativeness; agreed; agreement; amen; approbation; approval; assent; ballot; blessing; canvass; canvassing; casting vote; compliance; con; connivance; consent; counting heads; cumulative voting; deciding vote; division; eagerness; endorsement; enfranchisement; fagot vote; franchise; graveyard vote; hand vote; interest; list system; nay; no; nod; nod of assent; nontransferable vote; okay; permission; plebiscite; plebiscitum; plumper; plural vote; poll; polling; preferential voting; pro; promptitude; promptness; proportional representation; proxy; ratification; readiness; record vote; referendum; representation; right to vote; rising vote; sanction; say; secret ballot; show of hands; side; single vote; snap vote; straw vote; submission; suffrage; the affirmative; the negative; thumbs-up; transferable vote; ungrudgingness; unloathness; unreluctance; viva voce; voice; voice vote; vote; voting; voting right; willingness; write-in; write-in vote; yea; yea-saying; yeas and nays; yep; yes

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: oui
 * German:
 * Greek: ναι


 * Persian: بله
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, sé

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * yea

Etymology
From ei:, ey:, cognate with Old English a:.

Adverb

 * 1) used to show agreement or acceptance; yes
 * 2) always, still
 * A'll aye be wi ye an A'm nae carin whit thay say - I will always/ still be with you and I don't care what they say

Interjection

 * 1) yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question