aye
exclamation/aɪ/
/aɪ/
(old use or dialect)- yes
- ‘Did you see what happened?’ ‘Oh aye, I was there.’
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- always; still
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from I, first person personal pronoun, expressing assent.
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