aby
English
/əˈbaɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To pay for; to buy.
- (transitive) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends.
- (intransitive) To pay the penalty; atone.
- (transitive) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
- (intransitive) Endure; remain.
- (transitive) Endure; experience; tolerate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English abyen inherited from Old English ābyċġan (pay for, requite, perform, execute, buy off, buy, recompense, redeem) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną prefix from English buy.
Origin
English
buy
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abying English
- buy English
- buy up English
- buyability English
- buyable English
- buyback English
- buydown English
- buyer English
- buyest English
- buyeth English
- buying English
- buyup English
- forbuy English
- forebuy English
- multibuy English
- must-buy English
- outbuy English
- overbuy English
- prebuy English
- rebuy English
- underbuy English
- *uzbugjaną Proto-Germanic
- ābyċġan Old English
- abyen Middle English
- byen Middle English
- 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- baim Tok Pisin
- bai Sranan Tongo