fay

«fay» in Mova's school dictionary: A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fay, fays — old or poetic); a name (Fay, Faye)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old, poetic) A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems. tree →

2) (a name) Fay or Faye is a woman's first name. tree →

3) (Morgan le Fay) The name of a magical woman, an enchantress, in the stories of King Arthur. tree →

sense in the lessons

In fairy tales, old poems and fantasy books, a fay is a fairy; it gives the writing an old-fashioned, magical feel. In King Arthur stories, Morgan le Fay is Arthur's half-sister and a sorceress. Otherwise it is mostly met as a name. Phrases: «Morgan le Fay», «the fays of the forest».

examples

• In the old poem, a fay danced in the moonlight. tree →
• Morgan le Fay was a powerful enchantress in the Arthur stories. tree →
• My aunt's name is Fay. tree →
• The children pretended to be fays in the woods. tree →
• The story told of a fay who granted three wishes. tree →
• Faye is spelled with an «e» in some families. tree →

note

Old-fashioned word; in everyday English people say «fairy». As a name it takes a capital: Fay or Faye. Pronounced like «day» with an «f». Not to be confused with «fey», which means strange and dreamy.

In the corpora

• kāfēisè («KAH-fay-suh», coffee colour) is brown; zōngsè is another word for brown.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fay» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.