aiee

English

Alternative forms

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”)
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