aicht
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
| < 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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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 edit
- (now rare) aucht
Numeral edit
aicht
References edit
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
aicht
References edit
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Etymology 3 edit
See aich. And (without change of form) used also as ppl.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
aicht
- to owe, to be indebted
- to own, to be the owner of
- owing (of a person)
- possessed of (with dependent substantive)
References edit
- “aicht, v.tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.