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单词 yigh
释义

yigh

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ

Interjection

yigh

  1. (Britain, dialectal, Lancashire) yes, used when contradicting.
    I can't do it.
    Yigh, thou can.
    Taken from page 206 in Shorrocks (1999).

Usage notes

Shorrocks compares the Lancastrian word yigh to the German doch or the French si.

Joseph Wright classified yigh as a variant of yea. In addition to Lancashire, Wright lists yigh for west Yorkshire, Hampshire and the North Country. (See page 573 in volume 6 of English Dialect Dictionary).

References

Shorrocks, Graham (1999). A Grammar of the Dialect of the Bolton Area. Pt. 2: Morphology and Syntax. Bamberger Beiträge zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft; Bd. 41. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. →ISBN.

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