aich

See also: Aich and -aich

Scots

Etymology 1

See also ech and ay.

Alternative forms

• aigh, aih

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ex/, /ɛx/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /eiç/

Interjection

aich

1. ah! (denotes surprise, sorrow, etc.)

References

• “aich, interj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Perhaps reduced from English echo.

Verb

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichan, simple past and past participle aicht)

1. (obsolete) to echo

Noun

aich (plural aiches)

1. (obsolete) echo

References

• “aich, n & v.¹”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Etymology 3

See awe.

Alternative forms

• aigh

Verb

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichin', simple past and past participle aicht)

1. to owe
2. to own

References

• “aich, v.²”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “aich”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎