aicher

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ.ʃe/ ~ /e.ʃe/ === Verb === aicher alternative form of escher ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === achar acher === Etymology === Borrowing from Latin ācer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.xʲəɾ/ (Blasse) [ˈa.xʲeɾ] (Griffith) [ˈa.xʲəɾ] === Adjective === aicher sharp, fierce, (of the wind) bitter Verses in the St Gall Priscian ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: aichear === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicher”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scots == === Alternative forms === icker, aiker aicherag (Diminutive) === Etymology === From Middle Scots echer, from Northumbrian Old English æhher, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (“ear (of grain)”). Cognate with English ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈexər/ === Noun === aicher (plural aichers) (Orkney, Caithness) ear (of corn) (Orkney, Caithness) stalk of corn with ear still on ==== Derived terms ==== aicherd === References === “aicher, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “aicher”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]