aw-bay-say
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English abece, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɑːbeːseː/, /-beːsiː/, /ɔː-/
- (Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA(key): /aː-/
Noun
editaw-bay-say (plural aw-bay-says)
References
edit- “aw-bay-say, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “aw-bay-say”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]