aich

== Scots == === Etymology 1 === See also ech and ay. ==== Alternative forms ==== aigh, aih ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ex/, /ɛx/ (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /eiç/ ==== Interjection ==== aich ah! (denotes surprise, sorrow, etc.) ==== References ==== “aich, interj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Perhaps reduced from English echo. ==== Verb ==== aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichan, simple past and past participle aicht) (obsolete) to echo ==== Noun ==== aich (plural aiches) (obsolete) echo ==== References ==== “aich, n & v.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 3 === See awe. ==== Alternative forms ==== aigh ==== Verb ==== aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichin', simple past and past participle aicht) to owe to own ==== References ==== “aich, v.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “aich”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]