aaber
See also: åber
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- oober
- ääber (Berner Oberland)
Etymology
From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar, from Latin aprīcus (“sunny, warmed by the sun”). Alternatively, a derivative of beran (“to bear”), meaning “not bearing (snow)”. Cognate with German aper.
Adjective
aaber
- snow-free, snowless
Derived terms
- Äberi
References
- “āber”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 39
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.
Scots
Adjective
aaber
- Shetland form of aber (“sharp”)
Verb
aaber
- Shetland form of aber (“to sharpen”)
References
- “aaber” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Verb
aaber
- Orkney form of abir
References
- “aaber, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.