aiten

== Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English oten; equivalent to ait +‎ -en. ==== Adjective ==== aiten (not comparable) oaten ==== References ==== “aiten, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Of obscure etymology, Jam. suggests it may be ait-hen, or the fowl that feeds among oats. ==== Noun ==== aiten (uncountable) partridge ==== References ==== “aiten, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic aitionn. ==== Noun ==== aiten (uncountable) juniper ==== References ==== “aiten, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.