aah

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Abuʼ Arapesh. === Symbol === aah (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abu'. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Abu' terms == English == === Pronunciation === As an interjection the word is pronounced basically the same way as the interjection ah but the double a stresses prolongation. In the noun and the verb there is no extra prolongation. === Interjection === aah Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm. Indication of joyful pleasure. Indication of sympathy. Indication of mouth being opened wide. To express understanding. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis). ==== Derived terms ==== say aah ==== Translations ==== === Noun === aah (plural aahs) Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear. Expression of joy and/or pleasure. The exclamation aah. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed) (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah. ==== Usage notes ==== The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at. Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === AHA, a-ha, aha, HAA == East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German auch. === Adverb === aah (Erzgebirgisch) also, too === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13 == Finnish == === Etymology === See ah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːh/, [ˈɑ̝ːh] IPA(key): /ˈɑː/, [ˈɑ̝ː] Rhymes: -ɑːh Syllabification(key): aah Hyphenation(key): aah === Interjection === aah aah (indication of joyful pleasure) === Further reading === “aah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === aha, haa == Manx == === Alternative forms === aae === Etymology === From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”). === Noun === aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn) (geography) ford === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language