aw-bay-say
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English abece, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aw-bay-say (plural aw-bay-says)
References[edit]
- “aw-bay-say, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “aw-bay-say”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]