Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quay
Participle: quayed
Gerund: quaying
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | quay |
| you | quay |
| he;she;it | quays |
| we | quay |
| you | quay |
| they | quay |
Perfect
| I | have quayed |
| you | have quayed |
| he;she;it | has quayed |
| we | have quayed |
| you | have quayed |
| they | have quayed |
Past
| I | quayed |
| you | quayed |
| he;she;it | quayed |
| we | quayed |
| you | quayed |
| they | quayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quayed |
| you | had quayed |
| he;she;it | had quayed |
| we | had quayed |
| you | had quayed |
| they | had quayed |
Future
| I | will quay |
| you | will quay |
| he;she;it | will quay |
| we | will quay |
| you | will quay |
| they | will quay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quayed |
| you | will have quayed |
| he;she;it | will have quayed |
| we | will have quayed |
| you | will have quayed |
| they | will have quayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quay |
| you | quay |
| he;she;it | quay |
| we | quay |
| you | quay |
| they | quay |
Perfect
| I | have quayed |
| you | have quayed |
| he;she;it | have quayed |
| we | have quayed |
| you | have quayed |
| they | have quayed |
Imperfect
| I | quayed |
| you | quayed |
| he;she;it | quayed |
| we | quayed |
| you | quayed |
| they | quayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quayed |
| you | had quayed |
| he;she;it | had quayed |
| we | had quayed |
| you | had quayed |
| they | had quayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quay |
| you | would quay |
| he;she;it | would quay |
| we | would quay |
| you | would quay |
| they | would quay |
Perfect
| I | would have quayed |
| you | would have quayed |
| he;she;it | would have quayed |
| we | would have quayed |
| you | would have quayed |
| they | would have quayed |
Imperative
| you | quay |
| we | Let's quay |
| you | quay |
Verbs conjugated like 'quay'
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 'quay'
quab,
quad,
quap,
quat,
æqual,
amay,
apay,
bay,
bray,
buoy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1696, variant of M.E. key "wharf" (1306), from O.N.Fr. cai (O.Fr. chai) "sand bank," from Gaulish caium (5c.), from O.Celt. *kagio- "to encompass, enclose" (cf. Welsh cae "fence, hedge," Cornish ke "hedge"), cognate with O.E. haga "hedge" (see hedge). Spelling altered by infl. of Fr. quai, from the same Celtic source.
2. The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).
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