pronoun
ich
eech
pronoun
1
Dialectal or archaic form of "I," found in some regional English dialects.
"Ich be going home now, the old farmer said."
noun
1
Short for ichthyophthiriasis, a common parasitic disease of freshwater fish also called "white spot disease."
"The aquarium owner treated the tank after spotting the telltale white dots of ich."
How to Use Ich
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither an old-fashioned way of saying "I," or a common fish illness in aquariums.
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Etymology
The pronoun comes from Old English "ic," an older ancestor of "I"; the fish-disease sense is simply a shortening of the parasite's scientific name, Ichthyophthirius.