heech

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hāch, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoog, Dutch hoog.

Adjective

heech

1. high
2. tall

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “heech (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Etymology

From Middle English hechen (“to raise, lift up, build, erect; to go up, rise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiː/
• Homophones: ha, hea, hi, hye

Verb

heech (simple past heighed, past participle ee-height)

1. To put water into a pump to make the sucker work.

Related terms

• heigh

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 128