You can make 7 words from aby according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of aby
aby bay ayb yab bya yba
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word aby. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in aby.
Definitions and meaning of aby
aby
Translingual
Symbol
aby
(international standards)ISO 639-3 language code for Aneme Wake.
Alternative forms
abye, abuy, abie
Etymology
From Middle Englishabyen, abien, abiggen, from Old Englishābyċġan(“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic*uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. Cognate with Gothic𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽(usbugjan). Not related to abide.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
aby (simple past and past participleabought, no other forms attested in Modern English)
(transitive)
(archaic) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
Synonym:make up
(archaic, figuratively) To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something). [from 12th c.]
Synonym:sustain
(obsolete except Scotland) To endure or tolerate (something); to experience. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms:brook, go on, hold on, put up with; see also Thesaurus:persist, Thesaurus:tolerate
(obsolete) To pay for (something); to buy. [12th–16th c.]
Synonyms:procure, purchase; see also Thesaurus:buy
(intransitive, obsolete)
To pay the penalty; to atone. [12th–16th c.]
Synonyms:expiate, propitiate
To endure; to remain. [14th–16th c.]
Usage notes
The verb is almost always encountered with a modal verb, as in shall aby, could aby, etc. The gerund abuying of the alternative spelling abuy is found in one text; see that entry.
References
Anagrams
Bay, YBA, bay
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czechaby, from Proto-Slavic*aby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈabɪ]
Particle
aby
Denotes desire or wish; if only; had better
Synonyms:kdyby, kéž by
Už aby tu byli. ― I can't wait for them to come..
Jenom aby! ― Let's hope!
Conjunction
aby
so that, in order to, so
Inflection
Further reading
aby in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
aby in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Univerbation of až(“that”) + by(“would”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈabɨ/
Verb
aby (defective, invariable)
that… would
Further reading
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “aby”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “aby”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*aby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (13th CE)/ˈabɨ/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/ˈabi/
Particle
aby
Denotes desire or wish; if only; had better
Conjunction
aby
Introduces a subordinate clause expressing doubt.
Introduces a subordinate clause with subjunctive meaning; let, may
so that, in order to
Introduces a subordinate clause with admissive meaning; even if, though
Inflection
Descendants
Czech: aby
References
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “aby”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*aby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE)/abɨ/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/abɨ/
Conjunction
aby
to, in order to, so that (connects sentences either to express the goal of a speaker, when the speaker wishes to communicate a command or wish) [+past tense = to do what]
even though, although
if
Particle
aby
may, I wish, if only
Descendants
Masurian: abi
Polish: aby
Silesian: aby
References
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “aby”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishaby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.bɨ/
(Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɨ/
Rhymes: -abɨ
Syllabification: a‧by
Conjunction
aby
to, in order to, so that (connects sentences either to express the goal of a speaker, when the speaker wishes to communicate a command or wish) [+past tense = to do what]
Synonyms:by, żeby, ażeby
Mówię po to, aby nie było cicho. ― I am speaking so that it isn't quiet.
Chcę, abyś jutro przyszedł. ― I want you to come tomorrow.
to (used to connect a sequence of actions) [+infinitive = to do what]
Synonyms:by, żeby, ażeby
Usiadł, aby znowu wstać. ― He sat down to get right back up again.
so long as (used to express a wish for anything) [+past tense = to do what]
Zrób to byle jak, aby szybciej ― Do it any which way, as long as it's faster.
just to, for the sake of
Czytał aby czytał ― He read just to read
Declension
Particle
aby
(colloquial)expresses the speaker's certainty of their statement; happen to, isn't?
Near-synonyms:czasami, czasem, przypadkiem
Aby tam będzie? ― Do you really think he'll be there?
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), aby is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 110 times in scientific texts, 81 times in news, 113 times in essays, 89 times in fiction, and 37 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 430 times, making it the 108th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
Further reading
aby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
aby in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aby”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“ABY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.05.2008
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aby”, in Słownik języka polskiego[1], volume 1, page 3
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aby”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[2]
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aby”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 4
Scots
Adverb
aby
Doric form of abye(“ago, past”)
References
“aby” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[4], 2016.
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishaby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.