aw-bay-say
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English abece, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aw-bay-say (plural aw-bay-says)
References edit
- “aw-bay-say, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “aw-bay-say” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[1], 2016.