noy

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɔɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

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From Middle English noyen, partly an aphetic form of anoyen and partly from Anglo-Norman noier, nuier.

Verb

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noy (third-person singular simple present noys, present participle noying, simple past and past participle noyed)

  1. (now rare, dialectal) To annoy; to harm or injure. [from 14th c.]
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English noy, partly an aphetic form of anoy and partly from Anglo-Norman nui.

Noun

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noy

  1. (obsolete) annoyance

References

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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noy m (plural noys)

  1. Obsolete spelling of noi.

Further reading

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  • “noy” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fula

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Adverb

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noy

  1. (Adamawa) how, how many?

References

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  • Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nui, reinforced through aphesis of anoy. Compare noyen.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nui̯/, /niu̯/, /niː/

Noun

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noy (plural noyes)

  1. difficulty, trouble
  2. hardship, distress
  3. pain, injury
  4. ennui, tedium
  5. (rare) ire, anger
Descendants
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  • English: noy (obsolete)
  • Scots: noy (obsolete)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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noy

  1. Alternative form of noyen