aah
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aah"
Symbol
aah
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.
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Interjection
aah
- Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
- Aah! That's amazing!
- 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62:
- 'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.
- Indication of joyful pleasure.
- 1834, Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation:
- Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
- Indication of sympathy.
- Aah, I feel so bad for you...
- Indication of mouth being opened wide.
- Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
- To express understanding.
- Aah. Now I understand.
- 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!
Derived terms
Translations
expressing amazement or surprise
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Noun
aah (plural aahs)
- Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
- Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
- The exclamation aah.
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb
aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)
- (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
- To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
- Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
- 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
- In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
- To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.
- To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
Usage notes
Translations
to express amazement using "aah!"
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Anagrams
Etymology
Adverb
aah
- (Erzgebirgisch) also, too
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
Etymology
See ah.
Pronunciation
Interjection
aah
- aah (indication of joyful pleasure)
Further reading
- “aah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).
Noun
aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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