yach

See also: ỳ ạch

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• iach

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yekkā (“healthy”). Cognate with Middle Breton yach, Middle Cornish yagh, and Gaulish Iaccus (personal name). Perhaps cognate with Old Irish ícc (“cure, healing”); see that entry for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jax/

Adjective

yach

1. healthy, well

Descendants

• Welsh: iach

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. Akin to English I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑɣ/

Pronoun

yach (accusative moch, dative mir, genitive min)

1. (dialectal, Foula) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
   • ca. 1600, Hildina, verse 11, line 2:

     Da skall yach ger yo. (A Tour Through the Islands of Orkney and Schetland, 1774)

     This to thee will I give,

Further reading

• The Hildina ballad recorded by George Low in 1774