ayght

Yola
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    Cardinal : ayght

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English eighte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō. Cognates include English eight and Scots aicht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iːt/, /ɔːt/

Numeral

ayght

  1. eight

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16 & 24
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