aiee

English

Alternative forms

• aieee

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

aiee

1. A shout of pain or alarm.
   • 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain, page 239:

     He caught her as she went past and pulled her around. She threw up her hands and closed her good eye. Aiee, she cried. Aiee.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from Proto-Celtic *ātis, from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter).

Noun

aiee f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. kiln

Derived terms

• aiee eayil (“lime kiln”)
• aiee lus y lhionney (“hop kiln”)
• aiee obb (“oast house”)
• aiee vraghey (“malt kiln”)