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Ay vs Alleluia - What's the difference?

ay | alleluia |

As a noun ay

is academic year.

As an interjection alleluia is

hallelujah.

ay

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Ah! alas!
  • ("yes")
  • * 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
  • *:"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
  • *:"Ay , that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
  • (question tag)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Always; ever.
  • * 1670 , John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland'', as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, ''Collectanea Anglo-poetica , page 160
    • O he that hath ay lived free, [...]

    Alternative forms

    * aye

    Adjective

    (-)
  • For an indefinite time.

    • Synonyms

    * always * continually * forever

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • ("yes")
    • counting the ays and the noes in a vote

    See also

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    alleluia

    English

    (wikipedia alleluia)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A liturgical form of hallelujah.
  • (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.