aicher

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ʃe/ ~ /e.ʃe/
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Verb

aicher

  1. Alternative form of escher

Conjugation

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ācer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aicher

  1. sharp, fierce, (of the wind) bitter
    • 9th century, “Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...”
      IS acher ingáith innocht · fufuasna fairggæ findḟolt
      ni ágor réimm mora minn · dondláechraid lainn ua lothlind.
      Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
      I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Lothlend.

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aicher aicher aicher
Vocative aichir*
aicher**
Accusative aicher aichir
Genitive aichir aichre aichir
Dative aichiur aichir aichiur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative aichir aichrea
Vocative aichriu
aichrea
Accusative aichriu
aichrea
Genitive aicher
Dative aichrib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: aichear

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aicher
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aicher
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Scots echer, from Northumbrian Old English æhher, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (ear (of grain)). Cognate with English ear.

Pronunciation

Noun

aicher (plural aichers)

  1. (Orkney, Caithness) ear (of corn)
  2. (Orkney, Caithness) stalk of corn with ear still on

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