tay

«tay» in Mova's school dictionary: the longest river in Scotland (about 190 km), flowing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (Tay — a name); noun (tay — dialect)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland (about 190 km), flowing past Perth and into the sea at Dundee; also Loch Tay and the Firth of Tay. tree →

2) (Irish English, dialect) An old Irish country way of saying and spelling «tea» — «a cup of tay». tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons about the UK, the Tay is the longest river in Scotland and carries the most water of any British river. In history, the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879 (a railway bridge fell in a storm) is famous, and so is William McGonagall's poem about it. In stories set in rural Ireland, «tay» shows a strong Irish accent. Phrases: «the River Tay», «Tay Bridge», «Firth of Tay», «a cup of tay».

examples

• The River Tay flows into the sea at Dundee. tree →
• The Tay is the longest river in Scotland. tree →
• The Tay Bridge fell down in a storm in 1879. tree →
• Salmon swim up the River Tay. tree →
• «Will you have a cup of tay?» asked the old farmer. tree →
• We drove along the banks of Loch Tay. tree →

note

As a name, write «Tay» with a capital T. The lower-case «tay» is dialect spelling of «tea», used in Irish-set stories and jokes; in normal writing use «tea». It is not a standard English word on its own.

Trees and pragmatics

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