apay

See also: apāy and Apay

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

Middle Scots

Etymology

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

Verb

apay (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

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “apay” in Scots Dictionary

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 apaniku1	apankichik	apanku
	past (experienced)	aparqani	aparqanki	aparqan	aparqanchik	aparqayku aparqaniku	aparqankichik	aparqanku
	past (reported)	apasqani	apasqanki	apasqan	apasqanchik	apasqayku apasqaniku	apasqankichik	apasqanku
	future	apasaq	apanki	apanqa	apasunchik	apasaqku	apankichik	apanqaku
imperative		—	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	—	qamkuna	paykuna
	affirmative	—	apay	apachun	apasun2 apasunchik	—	apaychik	apachunku
	negative	—	ama apaychu	ama apachunchu	ama apasunchu ama apasunchikchu	—	ama apaychikchu	ama apachunkuchu

¹ The conjugation -niku is only for the Ayacucho-Chanca variety.
² The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".

See also

• apaysiy
• qhawachiy
• usachiy