aich

See also ech and ay.

• aigh, aih

• IPA^(key): /ex/, /ɛx/
• (South) IPA^(key): /eiç/

aich

1. ah! (denotes surprise, sorrow, etc.)

• “aich, interj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Perhaps reduced from English echo.

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichan, simple past aicht, past participle aicht)

1. (obsolete) to echo

aich (plural aiches)

1. (obsolete) echo

• “aich, n & v.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

See awe.

• aigh

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichin', simple past aicht, past participle aicht)

1. to owe
2. to own

• “aich, v.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “aich” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary, 2016.