αμ
Greek
editEtymology 1
editFrom Byzantine Greek ἀμμέ (ammé) < ἀμμή (ammḗ) from the ancient phrase ἄν μή (án mḗ, “if not, if then”).
Pronunciation
editParticle
editαμ • (am)
- (intensifies opposition, used in set phrases)
- Αμ δεν πρόκειται να έρθω!
- Am den prókeitai na értho!
- Absolutely not, I will not come
- (introducting further negative statement): (and, also, neither, nor)
- Αμ δεν έχεις λεφτά, αμ θέλεις και μεγαλεία.
- Am den écheis leftá, am théleis kai megaleía.
- On the one hand you do not have any money, on the other, you pursue the high life.
Related terms
edit- αμ δε (am de, “absolutely not”)
- αμ πώς; (am pós;, “of course”) (ironic, by interrogation)
- αμέ (amé, “surely, of course, by all means”)
Etymology 2
editAbbreviation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editαμ • (am) f
- (physics, informal) Abbreviation of αστρονομική μονάδα (astronomikí monáda, “au, astronomical unit”).