aicher

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ʃe/ ~ /e.ʃe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

aicher

  1. alternative form of escher

Conjugation

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ācer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxʲer/

Adjective

aicher

  1. sharp, fierce, (of the wind) bitter

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

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

Quotations

  • Verses in the St Gall Priscian
    Is acher in gaíth innocht fu·fuasna fairggæ findḟolt
    ni ágor réimm mora minn dond láechraid 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 Scandinavia.

Descendants

  • Irish: aichear

Mutation

Mutation of aicher
radical lenition nasalization
aicher
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
aicher n-aicher

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈexər/

Noun

aicher (plural aichers)

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

Derived terms

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