different between agh vs aah

English

Interjection

agh

1. An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration

Anagrams

• HGA, Hag., gah, gha, hag

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æ?x]

Noun

agh f (plural ahow)

1. race, ethnicity

   Synonym: hil

Interjection

agh!

1. oh!
2. fie!

   Synonym: fi!

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).

Noun

agh f or m (genitive singular aighe, nominative plural agha)

1. (literary) cow, ox

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "agh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “a?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *e??s.

Conjunction

agh

1. but

2. albeit
3. only

4. less
5. except

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ek?os, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?wos (“horse”).

Noun

agh m (genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)

1. steed
2. riding horse

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Interjection

agh

1. ugh (to express disgust)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??]

Noun

agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)

1. heifer, young cow

2. hind, fawn

3. (rare) ox, bull, cow

Mutation

Further reading

• “agh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Pronunciation

As an interjection the word is pronounced basically the same way as the interjection ah but the double a stresses prolongation. In the noun and the verb there is no extra prolongation.

Interjection

aah

1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

   Aah! That's amazing!
2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
   • 1834 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation

     Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?

3. Indication of sympathy.

   Aah, I feel so bad for you...

4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.

   Dentists would always instruct, say aah!

5. To express understanding.

   Aah. Now I understand.

6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).

   AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!

   Aah! A rat!

Translations

Noun

aah (plural aahs)

1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
3. The exclamation aah.

Translations

Verb

aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)

1. (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
   1. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.

      Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.

   2. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

Usage notes

• The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at.
• Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah.

Translations

Anagrams

• AHA, a-ha, aha

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???h/, [???h]
• Rhymes: -??h
• Syllabification: aah

Interjection

aah

1. aah (indication of joyful pleasure)

Anagrams

• aha, haa

Manx

Alternative forms

• aae

Etymology

From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *y?tus (“ford”).

Noun

aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn)

1. (geography) ford

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language