hays

• Rhymes: -eɪz

hays

1. plural of hay

hays

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hay

• SYHA, Shay, ashy, shay, yahs

hays

1. Alternative form of his
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 12:

     Yet spite o hays praachin a mugges thaaye zunk.

     Yet spite of his preaching they emptied the jugs.

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 18:

     An smithered hays videl, bow, strings an al;

     And smashed his fiddle, bow, strings and all;

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 20:

     An a cat at a big-peeps an a taal o hays coat.

     And the cat ate his bag-pipes and the tail of his coat.

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133