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Eish vs Kish - What's the difference?

eish | kish |

As an interjection eish

is phew; whew; expressing resignation.

As a noun kish is

a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.

As a proper noun Kish is

an ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.

eish

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (South Africa) phew; whew; expressing resignation
  • * 2007 , Corinne Squire, HIV in South Africa: Talking About the Big Thing (page 132)
    • You become very happy and forget that eish , when you get home it is then that you remember that you have HIV, but when you are there you are free.
  • * FCS Integrated English for First Additional Language L3 (page 3)
    • Eish , I can't believe we're back at this.

    kish

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cis, .

    Noun

    (es)
  • a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf
  • :*1922 : Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds. — James Joyce, Ulysses

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) Kies gravel, pyrites.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The graphite formed incidentally in iron smelting.
    • (Webster 1913)

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