aicht

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ext/, /ɛçt/

Etymology 1

**Scots cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal : aicht

From earlier aucht, modified under the influence of English eight, from Middle English aucht, aughte, northern form of eighte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Alternative forms

(now rare) aucht

Numeral

aicht

eight

References

Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Etymology 2

From earlier aucht, modified under the influence of English eighth, from Middle English aght, northern form of eiȝtthe, eyghte, from Old English eahtoþa.

Alternative forms

8t
(now rare) aucht

Adjective

aicht

eighth

References

Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Etymology 3

See aich. And (without change of form) used also as ppl.

Alternative forms

echt

Verb

aicht

to owe, to be indebted
to own, to be the owner of
owing (of a person)
possessed of (with dependent substantive)

References

“aicht, v.tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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