name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
haye
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: hā
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Received-Pronunciation: /heɪ/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Obsolete spelling of hay (“grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From Dutch haai (“shark”) or West Flemish haaie (formerly haeye), from the Old Norse hái, a short form of hákarl (“shark”) (a compound of há- (“marks fish of the shark kind”) + karl (“a man”)). The German Hai, the Swedish haj and the Danish haj are from the same source.
See hay.