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== English == === Alternative forms === (England) aich, (England, obsolete) aitch, (obsolete) eache, (obsolete) eatch, (obsolete) eatche, (obsolete) ech, (obsolete) eche, (obsolete) eich, (England, obsolete) etch, (England, obsolete) eych, (England, obsolete) eyche, (England, obsolete) yeach === Etymology === From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā +‎ which. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /iːt͡ʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /it͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -iːtʃ === Determiner === each All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). ==== Usage notes ==== (all, every): The phrase beginning with each identifies a set of items wherein the words following each identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular: Each of is usually followed by a plural noun: Each of the men may... Following it with a series of singular nouns is unusual in standard usage but common in legal usage: Each of Smith, Jones, and Baker may file a brief by... In standard usage, this would most commonly be expressed as Smith, Jones, and Baker may each file... ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === each (not comparable) For one; apiece; per. Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group. ==== Translations ==== === Pronoun === each Every one/thing individually or one by one. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === each (plural eaches) (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Thesaurus:quantifier === References === “each, adj. and pron.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022. === Anagrams === HACE, Ache, Aceh, AChE, Chea, hace, ache, Chae == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ax/ === Noun === each m (genitive singular eich, nominative plural eacha) (archaic) horse ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== capall ==== Derived terms ==== eachmairt eachra giolla eich (“horse-boy”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “each”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish ech, from Primitive Irish *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas), from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos. Cognates include Irish each and Manx agh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛx/, [ɛəx] (Barra) IPA(key): [æx] Hyphenation: each === Noun === each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich) horse (Equus caballus) tha an t-each na throtan ― the horse is trotting air muin eich ― on horseback (dated) brute (coarse person) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “each”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Mark, Colin (2003), “each”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 253 == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian āge === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪə̯x/ === Noun === each n (plural eagen, diminutive eachje) eye ==== Further reading ==== “each (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011