How many syllables in lay?

Lay has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.

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Syllables in lay

  • How many syllables in lay?
    1 syllables
  • Divide lay into syllables:
    lay
  • Stressed syllable in lay:
    lay
  • How to pronounce lay:
    ley
  • IPA-notation:
    lejˈ
  • Say it:
  • Spell it:
  • Numbers of characters:
    3 (a, l, y)
  • Unique letters:
    3 (a, l, y)
  • Lay backwards:
    yal
  • Lay sorted alphabetically:
    aly
How many syllables in lay?
1 syllables
Divide lay into syllables
lay
Stressed syllable in lay
lay
How to pronounce lay
ley
IPA-notation
lejˈ
Say it
Spell it
Numbers of characters
3 (a, l, y)
Unique letters
3 (a, l, y)
lay backwards
yal
lay sorted alphabetically
aly

Words like lay

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Lay in a sentence

# Sentence  
1. "O son of Tydeus, bravest of the race, / why could not I have perished, too, that day / beneath thine arm, and breathed this soul away / far on the plains of Troy, where Hector brave / lay, pierced by fierce AEacide, where lay / giant Sarpedon, and swift Simois' wave / rolls heroes, helms and shields, whelmed in one watery grave?"
2. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.
3. They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.
4. The hill lay covered with snow.
5. Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.
6. Students of English often mix up the words 'lie' and 'lay'.
7. We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather.
8. My doctor told me to lay off the liquor so I have this uneasy impatient feeling.
9. He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
10. We lay emphasis on the importance of being sincere.
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