ych

See also: -ych, YCH, and ŷch

Translingual

Symbol

ych

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chesu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chesu terms

Middle English

Determiner

ych

1. alternative form of ech

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• yh
• yhy

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪç/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ych m

1. I (personal first person singular)
   • 2007, Józef Gara, Błi och błi‎^[1]:

     Ych ho gygryn dy gaoncy cajt,
     ych ho ferliün maj łöstigkajt.
     Maj siaocła kom endłich cy mir,
     ych bej jum fir dos daonkbaor zir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh ychen, from Proto-Brythonic *uxī, from *uxsū (compare Cornish ohen pl, Breton oc’hen pl), from Proto-Celtic *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɨːχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /iːχ/

Noun

ych m (plural ychen or ychain)

1. ox

Derived terms

• lluglys yr ychen (“red campion”)
• Rhydychen (“Oxford”)
• tafod yr ych, llysieuyn yr ychen (“borage”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

ach, och

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əχ/
• Homophone: eich (“your”) (colloquial)

Interjection

ych

1. yuck

Derived terms

• ych a fi

Etymology 3

Shortened form of ydych.

Pronunciation

• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /iːχ/

Verb

ych

1. (South Wales) alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ych

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ych	unchanged	unchanged	hych

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.