aicht

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ext/, /ɛçt/

Etymology 1

Scots cardinal numbers

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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

• (now rare) aucht

Numeral

aicht

1. eight

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Etymology 2

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

• 8t
• (now rare) aucht

Adjective

aicht

1. eighth

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Etymology 3

See aich. And (without change of form) used also as ppl.

Alternative forms

• echt

Verb

aicht

1. to owe, to be indebted
2. to own, to be the owner of
3. owing (of a person)
4. possessed of (with dependent substantive)

References

• “aicht, v.tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.