aich
Scots
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ex/, /ɛx/
- (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /eiç/
Interjection
editaich
- ah! (denotes surprise, sorrow, etc.)
References
edit- “aich, interj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 2
editPerhaps reduced from English echo.
Verb
editaich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichan, simple past aicht, past participle aicht)
Noun
editaich (plural aiches)
References
edit- “aich, n & v.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 3
editSee awe.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editaich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichin', simple past aicht, past participle aicht)
References
edit- “aich, v.2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “aich”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]