ah-bay-say

== Scots == === Alternative forms === aw-be-sae, aw-bay-say, ABC abbacee, ebbasay, abersay (Shetland) === Etymology === From Middle English abece, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːbeːseː/, /-beːsiː/, /ɔː-/ (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): /aː-/ === Noun === ah-bay-say (Orkney) alphabet === References === “ah-bay-say, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. “abbacee, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. “ebbasay, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “ah-bay-say”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]