aicht
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Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Cardinal : aicht | ||
From earlier aucht, modified under the influence of English eight, from Middle English aucht, aughte, northern form of eighte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Alternative forms[edit]
- (now rare) aucht
Numeral[edit]
aicht
References[edit]
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Etymology 2[edit]
From earlier aucht, modified under the influence of English eighth, from Middle English aght, northern form of eiȝtthe, eyghte, from Old English eahtoþa.
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aicht
References[edit]
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Etymology 3[edit]
See aich. And (without change of form) used also as ppl.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
aicht
- to owe, to be indebted
- to own, to be the owner of
- owing (of a person)
- possessed of (with dependent substantive)
References[edit]
- “aicht, v.tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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