aicher

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ʃe/ ~ /e.ʃe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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aicher

  1. Alternative form of escher

Conjugation

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Latin ācer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aicher

  1. sharp, fierce, (of the wind) bitter
    • 9th century, “Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...”
      IS acher ingáith innocht · fufuasna fairggæ findḟolt
      ni ágor réimm mora minn · dondláechraid lainn ua lothlind.
      Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
      I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Lothlend.

Declension

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o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aicher aicher aicher
Vocative aichir*
aicher**
Accusative aicher aichir
Genitive aichir aichre aichir
Dative aichiur aichir aichiur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative aichir aichrea
Vocative aichriu
aichrea
Accusative aichriu
aichrea
Genitive aicher
Dative aichrib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: aichear

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aicher
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aicher
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Scots echer, from Northumbrian Old English æhher, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (ear (of grain)). Cognate with English ear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aicher (plural aichers)

  1. (Orkney, Caithness) ear (of corn)
  2. (Orkney, Caithness) stalk of corn with ear still on

Derived terms

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References

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