fay

Meaning

Adj

Fitted closely together.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To fit.
2. (transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
3. (intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
4. (obsolete) To fadge.

Noun

A fairy.

Verb

To cleanse; clean out.

Noun

A white person.

Synonyms

fairy

🧚

faerie

pixy

faery

ofay

sylph

elf

🧝

spirit

sprite

pixie

snug fit

undine

water nymph

Nereid

brownie

close fit

drive fit

faith

fit

genie

🧞

genii

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

naiad

nix

nymph

Translations

Fee

🧚

fée

🧚

fata

🧚

hada

🧚

fee

🧚

fada

🧚

fada

fada

🧚

νεράιδα

lutin

👿

duende

peri

🧚

Elfe

şakacı cin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: feyen

Inherited from Old English: fēġan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: fougje

Cognate with Western Frisian: foegje

Cognate with Dutch: voegen

Cognate with German: fügen

Cognate with Old English: fōn

Inherited from Middle English: faie

Inherited from Middle English: fegien

Cognate with Swedish: feja

Cognate with Danish: feje

Cognate with German: fegen

Cognate with Dutch: vegen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.