ag
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ag"
Contents
TranslingualEdit
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of agriculture.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æɡ/
- Rhymes: -æɡ
NounEdit
ag
- (chiefly in compounds) Agriculture.
- He got his degree from the state ag college.
- 2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014 March 8):
- Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […]
- 2014 March 8, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com:
- […] fruits and vegetables, oddly referred to in ag-speak as specialty crops, […]
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ag
- (South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 88:
- ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 491:
- Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 88:
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ag (plural agte)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
ag (present ag, present participle agtende, past participle geag)
- to regard; to deem
- Ek ag hom as 'n belangrike bate in ons maatskappy.
- I deem him as an important asset in our company.
- Hy word hoog geag.
- He is highly regarded.
- to heed
Etymology 3Edit
From Dutch ach. Equivalent of German ach and English oh.
InterjectionEdit
ag
Etymology 4Edit
| < 7 | 8 | 9 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : ag Ordinal : agste | ||
NumeralEdit
ag
- Alternative form of agt
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *(h)aug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (compare Ancient Greek αὐγή (augḗ, “daylight, splendor”), Serbo-Croatian jȕg (“south”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ag m (indefinite plural agje, definite singular agu, definite plural agjet)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 72
Indo-PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
ag
Further readingEdit
- Hugo C. Cardoso, The Indo-Portuguese language of Diu (2009), page 345
IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Irish oc, ac, ic, from Old Irish oc, occ. Akin to agus. Compare Scottish Gaelic aig.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
ag
- particle used with the verbal noun to mark the progressive aspect:
- ag siúl ― walking
- ag gáire ― laughing
- ag ithe ― eating
- ag ól ― drinking
PrepositionEdit
ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- at
- of, for (after certain adjectives)
- Bhí sé go deas ag Cáit a dhul leat.
- It was nice of Cáit to go with you.
- Tá sé éasca agat sin a rá.
- It’s easy for you to say that.
- of (after an indication of quantity)
- Tá go leor acu anseo.
- There are plenty of them here.
- Tá duine againn tinn.
- One of us is ill.
- of (to indicate possession emphatically, used after a noun qualified by seo (“this”) or sin (“that”))
- an teach seo againne ― this house of ours
- na bróga sin agatsa ― those shoes of yours
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate possession in place of a verb meaning ‘have’
- Tá teach ag Seán.
- Seán has a house.
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) and a past participle to indicate a perfect tense
- Tá an teach péinteáilte ag Seán.
- Seán has painted the house.
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate ability to do something
- Tá Spáinnis agam.
- I can speak Spanish.
- Tá caint agam.
- I can talk.
- Tá ceol agam.
- I can make music.
InflectionEdit
Inflection of ag
Etymology 2Edit
Reduced form of chuig, assimilated in all forms to Etymology 1.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of chuig (“to (a person or place)”)
- Tá mé ag dul ag an dochtúr.
- I’m going to the doctor
InflectionEdit
Inflection of ag
Further readingEdit
- "ag" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ag” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 7.
- “oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “ag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Korlai Creole PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
ag
Further readingEdit
- J. Clancy Clements, The Genesis of a Language: The Formation and Development of Korlai Portuguese, page 94, 1996
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *agos (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵHos. Compare Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Sanskrit अही (ahī́).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ag n
InflectionEdit
| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ag | unchanged | n-ag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further readingEdit
- “ag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Contraction of aig
ParticleEdit
ag
- Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.
- Bha Seumas ag obair. ― James was working.
Usage notesEdit
- This is the form used before a vowel. Before consonants it contracts to a'. The sole exception is ag ràdh (“saying”).
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”)
NounEdit
ag c
- the genus Cladium (a kind of grass)
- the species Cladium mariscus; great fen-sedge, saw-sedge.
- various sedges and rushes outside genus Cladium, e.g. genus Schoenus; bog rush in genus Juncus (tåg)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of ag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ag | agen | agar | agarna |
| Genitive | ags | agens | agars | agarnas |
VolapükEdit
WelshEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ag
- with (used before vowels)
Usage notesEdit
Unlike â, ag does not cause an aspirate mutation in the following word.