See also: ACH, aćh, -ach, and ách

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

ach

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Acholi.

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (parsley).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ach (plural aches)

  1. (obsolete) Any of several species of plants, such as smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. An expression of annoyance.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972:
      "Ach." Auntie frowned hugely. "That is all nonsense."
  2. An expression of woe or regret.
  3. Alternative form of och

AnagramsEdit

Central FranconianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

ach

  1. (Limburgan Ripuarian) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “ach” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

ChuukeseEdit

DeterminerEdit

ach

  1. First-person plural inclusive general possessive; our (inclusive)

Related termsEdit

CimbrianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

ach

  1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of iart: you (plural; polite singular)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “ach” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɑx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ach
  • Rhymes: -ɑx

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. oh, expresses compassion, surprise and dismay

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: ag
  • Papiamentu: ag

EsperantoEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. H-system spelling of

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German ach, from Old High German ah.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. oh, alas (expressing surprise, sorrow, or understanding)
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Thor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎[1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl.,1870:
      Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, / Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;
      Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, / And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.
  2. oh (preceding an offhand or annoyed remark)
  3. oh (preceding an invocation or address, but rarely a solemn one)

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Danish: ah
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ah, a
  • Yiddish: אַך(akh)

Further readingEdit

  • ach” in Duden online
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883), “ach”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  • ach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish acht (but, except), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

Alternative formsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ach

  1. but

PrepositionEdit

ach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

  1. except, but
Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

ach

  1. but, only, merely

Etymology 2Edit

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative formsEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach!

  1. ah! och! ugh!

Further readingEdit

Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. oh (an expression of grievance or displeasure)

North FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian achta. Compare West Frisian acht.

NumeralEdit

ach

  1. (Heligoland) eight

Old PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ, ultimately a natural expression. First attested in the 14th century..

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. ah! (expresses surprise)

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Polish ach, from Proto-Slavic *axъ, ultimately a natural expression. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. ah! (expresses surprise)
    Synonyms: och, ojej, ależ

Derived termsEdit

adjective
interjections
noun
verbs

TriviaEdit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ach is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 0 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 44 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 54 times, making it the 1186th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ K. Nitsch, editor (1953), “ach”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 15
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “ach”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 1

Further readingEdit

  • ach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • ach, ah”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Krystyna Siekierska (08.06.2022), “ACH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814) Słownik języka polskiego[2], volume 1, pages 3-4
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ach”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

In imitation of a cry.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. An exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, remonstrance.
  2. expression of satisfaction or pleasure.

ReferencesEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish acht (but, except), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *eghs.

ConjunctionEdit

ach

  1. but
    Thèid mise ach cha tèid thusa.I'll go but you won't [go].
  2. except, only
    Cha robh ann ach trì daoine.There were only three people (literally "there was not there but/except for three people").

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened form of feuch.

ConjunctionEdit

ach

  1. so that
    Dh'aontaich e ach am biodh adhartas air choireigin ann.He agreed so that there would be some progress.

ReferencesEdit

Temascaltepec NahuatlEdit

AdverbEdit

ach

  1. maybe

WelshEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *akkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekkeh₂ (compare Latin Acca (Larentia), a Roman goddess, Ancient Greek Ἀκκώ (Akkṓ, nurse of Demeter), Sanskrit अक्का (akkā, mother)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ach f (plural achau or achoedd)

  1. kinship
  2. pedigree, ancestry
  3. (plural) lineage
  4. (plural) genealogy, family roots
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

och, ych

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ach

  1. yuck
Derived termsEdit

ach-y-fi

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ach unchanged unchanged hach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies