ach

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

• ache

ach (plural achs)

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

ach

1. Alternative form of och

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

• 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

ach

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/

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• Hyphenation: ach
• Rhymes: -ɑx

ach

1. oh, expresses compassion, surprise and dismay

• Afrikaans: ag

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

• IPA^(key): /ax/

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ach

1. oh (expressing surprise, wonder, amazement, or awe)
2. oh (expressing sorrow)
3. oh (expressing understanding, recognition, or realization)
4. oh (preceding an offhand or annoyed remark)
5. oh (preceding an invocation or address, but rarely a solemn one)

• ach in Duden online
• ach in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

• (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!

• "ach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “acht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• 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 acht. Compare West Frisian acht.

ach

1. (Heligoland) eight

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.

• “acht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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/

ach f (plural achau or achoedd)

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