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aah

See also: åh, AAH, ááh, and ääh

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

aah

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

English edit

WOTD – 7 May 2006

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (US)(file)

As an interjection the word is pronounced basically the same way as the interjection ah but the double a stresses prolongation. In the noun and the verb there is no extra prolongation.

    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Interjection edit

aah

  1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
    Aah! That's amazing!
    • 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62:
      'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.
  2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
  3. Indication of sympathy.
    Aah, I feel so bad for you...
  4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.
    Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
  5. To express understanding.
    Aah. Now I understand.
  6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
    AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!
    Aah! A rat!

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Noun edit

aah (plural aahs)

  1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
  2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
  3. The exclamation aah.

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Verb edit

aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
    1. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
      Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
      • 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
        In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
    2. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

Usage notes edit

  • The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at.
  • Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah.

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East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German auch.

Adverb edit

aah

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) also, too

Further reading edit

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

See ah.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

aah

  1. aah (indication of joyful pleasure)

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Etymology edit

From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun edit

aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn)

  1. (geography) ford

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