ach

ach

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Acholi.

From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“parsley”).

• ache

• IPA^(key): /æt͡ʃ/

ach (plural achs)

1. (obsolete) Any of several species of plants, such as smallage, wild celery, parsley.

• lovage
• smallage

• IPA^(key): /æx/, /ɑx/, /əx/

ach

1. An expression of annoyance.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972:

     "Ach." Auntie frowned hugely. "That is all nonsense."

2. Alternative form of och

• -cha, CAH, CHA, Cha, HAC, HCA, cah, cha

• aacht (Moselle Franconian)
• aach (Ripuarian)

From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/

ach

1. (Limburgan Ripuarian) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)

• Ach
• achmoal

• achtsieg
• achtsing

• “ach” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

ach

1. First-person plural inclusive general possessive; our (inclusive)

• òich (plural you only)

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ach

1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of iart: you (plural; polite singular)

• “ach” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/

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• Hyphenation: ach
• Rhymes: -ɑx

ach

1. oh, expresses compassion, surprise and dismay

• Afrikaans: ag
• → Papiamentu: ag

ach

1. H-system spelling of aĉ

From Middle High German ach, from Old High German ah.

• IPA^(key): /ax/

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• Rhymes: -ax

ach

1. oh, alas (expressing surprise, sorrow, or understanding)
   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Thor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl.,1870:

     Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, / Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;

     Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, / And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.

2. oh (preceding an offhand or annoyed remark)
3. oh (preceding an invocation or address, but rarely a solemn one)

• Danish: ah
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ah, a
• Yiddish: אַך‎ (akh)

• “ach” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “ach”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “ach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɑx/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ax/

From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

• acht (obsolete)

ach

1. but

ach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

1. except, but

• ach oiread (“as well”) (after a negative)

ach

1. but, only, merely

Onomatopoeic.

• ách

ach!

1. ah! och! ugh!

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “ach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/, [ax], [ɑχ]

ach

1. oh (an expression of grievance or displeasure)

From Old Frisian achta. Compare West Frisian acht.

ach

1. (Heligoland) eight

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ, ultimately a natural expression. First attested in the 14th century..

ach

1. ah! (expresses surprise)

• Polish: ach

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ach”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish ach, from Proto-Slavic *axъ, ultimately a natural expression. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ax/

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: ach

ach

1. ah! (expresses surprise)

   Synonyms: och, ojej, ależ

• ach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “ach, ah”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
• Krystyna Siekierska (08.06.2022), “ACH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814) Słownik języka polskiego‎, volume 1, pages 3-4
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ach”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6

In imitation of a cry.

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/

ach

1. An exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, remonstrance.
2. expression of satisfaction or pleasure.

• “ach, int.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *ektos, from Proto-Indo-European *eghs.

ach

1. but

   Thèid mise ach cha tèid thusa. ― I'll go but you won't [go].

2. except, only

   Cha robh ann ach trì daoine. ― There were only three people (literally "there was not there but/except for three people").

Shortened form of feuch.

ach

1. so that

   Dh'aontaich e ach am biodh adhartas air choireigin ann. ― He agreed so that there would be some progress.

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

ach

1. maybe

From Proto-Celtic *akkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekkeh₂ (compare Latin Acca (Larentia), a Roman goddess, Ancient Greek Ἀκκώ (Akkṓ, “nurse of Demeter”), Sanskrit अक्का (akkā, “mother”)).

• IPA^(key): /aːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ

ach f (plural achau or achoedd)

1. kinship
2. pedigree, ancestry
3. (plural) lineage
4. (plural) genealogy, family roots

• achres (“genealogical table”)
• achydd (“genealogist”)
• achyddiaeth (“genealogy”)
• achyddol (“genealogical”)
• ers achau (“for ages”)

och, ych

• IPA^(key): /aχ/

ach

1. yuck

ach-y-fi

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies