ach
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French ache, from Latin apium (“parsley”).
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
ach (plural achs)
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Interjection [edit]
ach
- oh, expresses compassion, surprise and dismay
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Interjection [edit]
ach
- oh: expressing of surprise
- oh: expressing wonder, amazement, or awe
- oh: expressing understanding, recognition, or realization
- oh: preceding an offhand or annoyed remark
- oh: an invocation or address
Irish [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- acht (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *eghs.
Pronunciation [edit]
Conjunction [edit]
ach
Preposition [edit]
ach
Adverb [edit]
ach
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *eghs.
Conjunction [edit]
ach
- but
- thèid mise ach cha tèid thusa - I'll go but you won't [go]
- except, only
- cha robh ann ach trì daoine - there were only three people (literally "there was not there but/except for three people")
Etymology 2 [edit]
Shortened form of feuch.
Conjunction [edit]
ach
- so that
- dh'aontaich e ach am biodh adhartas air choireigin ann - he agreed so that there would be some progress
Welsh [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *akkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekkeh₂ (compare Latin Acca Larentia, a Roman goddess, Ancient Greek Ἀκκώ (Akkṓ) ‘nurse of Demeter’, Sanskrit अक्का (akkā) ‘mother’).
Noun [edit]
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