Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nay
Participle: nayed
Gerund: naying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nay |
| you | nay |
| he;she;it | nays |
| we | nay |
| you | nay |
| they | nay |
Perfect
| I | have nayed |
| you | have nayed |
| he;she;it | has nayed |
| we | have nayed |
| you | have nayed |
| they | have nayed |
Past
| I | nayed |
| you | nayed |
| he;she;it | nayed |
| we | nayed |
| you | nayed |
| they | nayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nayed |
| you | had nayed |
| he;she;it | had nayed |
| we | had nayed |
| you | had nayed |
| they | had nayed |
Future
| I | will nay |
| you | will nay |
| he;she;it | will nay |
| we | will nay |
| you | will nay |
| they | will nay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nayed |
| you | will have nayed |
| he;she;it | will have nayed |
| we | will have nayed |
| you | will have nayed |
| they | will have nayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nay |
| you | nay |
| he;she;it | nay |
| we | nay |
| you | nay |
| they | nay |
Perfect
| I | have nayed |
| you | have nayed |
| he;she;it | have nayed |
| we | have nayed |
| you | have nayed |
| they | have nayed |
Imperfect
| I | nayed |
| you | nayed |
| he;she;it | nayed |
| we | nayed |
| you | nayed |
| they | nayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nayed |
| you | had nayed |
| he;she;it | had nayed |
| we | had nayed |
| you | had nayed |
| they | had nayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nay |
| you | would nay |
| he;she;it | would nay |
| we | would nay |
| you | would nay |
| they | would nay |
Perfect
| I | would have nayed |
| you | would have nayed |
| he;she;it | would have nayed |
| we | would have nayed |
| you | would have nayed |
| they | would have nayed |
Imperative
| you | nay |
| we | Let's nay |
| you | nay |
Verbs conjugated like 'nay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nay'
bay,
day,
fay,
gay,
hay,
lay,
may,
nab,
nag,
nap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no.
2. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above.
Sample Sentences
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the cardinall then being bishop of Winchester, tooke vpon him the state of cardinall, which was naied and denaied him, by the king of most noble memorie [1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:]