aiee
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection[edit]
aiee
- A shout of pain or alarm.
- 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain, page 239:
- He caught her as she went past and pulled her around. She threw up her hands and closed her good eye. Aiee, she cried. Aiee.
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from Proto-Celtic *ātis, from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter).
Noun[edit]
aiee f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Derived terms[edit]
- aiee eayil (“lime kiln”)
- aiee lus y lhionney (“hop kiln”)
- aiee obb (“oast house”)
- aiee vraghey (“malt kiln”)