am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

am

(metrology) Symbol for attometer (attometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁸ meters (metres).

EnglishEdit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

AM

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”).

PronunciationEdit

(stressed) IPA^(key): /æm/
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ẽə̃ːm], [ɛ̃ə̃ːm]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [am], [æm]
- (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): [æ̝m], [ɛm], [e̞m]
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /əm/
Audio (US)
(file)
Rhymes: -æm

VerbEdit

am

first-person singular present indicative of be
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 1:23:
  He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Marsha, I am in the kitchen!
  Audio (US)
  (file)

AdverbEdit

am (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of a.m.

AnagramsEdit

-ma-, M&A, M.A., MA, Ma, ma

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

amu

EtymologyEdit

The verb as a whole derives from forms of the Latin habeō, habēre. The first-person present singular form am(u), along with some other inflected forms, may have been analogical constructions (in this case, from an old form (aemu) of first-person plural (now avem)), or influenced by nearby languages. Compare Romanian avea, am; cf. also Albanian kam (“I have”). The third-person singular present indicative, ari, may have derived from Latin haberet.

VerbEdit

am (third-person singular present indicative ari/are, imperfect aveam, simple perfect avui, past participle avutã)

I have.
I own.
(auxiliary, with past participles) I have...

Related termsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic		ам
Roman		am
Perso-Arabic		آم‎

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am (“vulva”). Related to amcıq with the same sense and derived from the same root.

NounEdit

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

(vulgar) cunt
Synonyms: amcıq, dıllaq, dındıq

DeclensionEdit

Declension of am

	singular	plural
nominative	am	amlar
definite accusative	amı	amları
dative	ama	amlara
locative	amda	amlarda
ablative	amdan	amlardan
definite genitive	amın	amların

Possessive forms of am

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amım	amlarım
sənin (“your”)	amın	amların
onun (“his/her/its”)	amı	amları
bizim (“our”)	amımız	amlarımız
sizin (“your”)	amınız	amlarınız
onların (“their”)	amı or amları	amları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımı	amlarımı
sənin (“your”)	amını	amlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	amını	amlarını
bizim (“our”)	amımızı	amlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	amınızı	amlarınızı
onların (“their”)	amını or amlarını	amlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amıma	amlarıma
sənin (“your”)	amına	amlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	amına	amlarına
bizim (“our”)	amımıza	amlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	amınıza	amlarınıza
onların (“their”)	amına or amlarına	amlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımda	amlarımda
sənin (“your”)	amında	amlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	amında	amlarında
bizim (“our”)	amımızda	amlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	amınızda	amlarınızda
onların (“their”)	amında or amlarında	amlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımdan	amlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	amından	amlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	amından	amlarından
bizim (“our”)	amımızdan	amlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	amınızdan	amlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	amından or amlarından	amlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımın	amlarımın
sənin (“your”)	amının	amlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	amının	amlarının
bizim (“our”)	amımızın	amlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	amınızın	amlarınızın
onların (“their”)	amının or amlarının	amlarının

ChuukeseEdit

PronounEdit

am

First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)

FulaEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative formsEdit

an

DeterminerEdit

am (singular)

(possessive) my.
suudu am
my house

Usage notesEdit

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). However, an is more common in Pular.

GaroEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

am

mat

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 35
Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /am/
audio
(file)
Rhymes: -am

ContractionEdit

am (+ adjective ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

an + dem, at the, on the
am Ende ― at the end

am Rande ― on the margin(s)

am Leben ― alive
auf + dem, on the, at the
am Berg ― on the mountain

am Fest ― at the festival

am Schirm ― on the screen
Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
am schnellsten ― fastest

am schwächsten ― weakest

am wichtigsten ― most important

Er spielt am besten.
He plays best.

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈɒmuːɟ]
Audio
(file)

AdverbEdit

am

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of amúgy (“otherwise, anyway; by the way”).

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay am, from Arabic عَامّ‎ (ʿāmm).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈam/
Hyphenation: am

AdjectiveEdit

am

common, general.
Synonyms: umum, awam
common (not expert).

Derived termsEdit

mengamkan

IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish amm (“point of time”).

PronunciationEdit

(Munster) IPA^(key): /aumˠ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːmˠ/, /amˠ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /amˠ/

NounEdit

am m (genitive singular ama, nominative plural amanna or amanta)

time
1. measured time
2. point of time, occasion
3. usual, set, time
4. due, proper, time
5. scheduled time
6. opportune, inopportune, time
7. available time
8. season
9. portion of time, period
10. time of life
11. span of life
12. time of gestation
13. time of death
14. person's experience at particular time.
15. (general, adverbial, usages, an t-am) when

DeclensionEdit

Declension of am

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am	amanna
Vocative	a am	a amanna
Genitive	ama	amanna
Dative	am	amanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-am	na hamanna
Genitive	an ama	na n-amanna
Dative	leis an am don am	leis na hamanna

Alternative declension

Declension of am

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am	amanta
Vocative	a am	a amanta
Genitive	ama	amanta
Dative	am	amanta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-am	na hamanta
Genitive	an ama	na n-amanta
Dative	leis an am don am	leis na hamanta

Derived termsEdit

amchrios (“time zone”)
am eile, am éigin eile (“another, some other, time”)
am lóin (“lunch-time”)
am luí (“bedtime”)
am na gréine (“the time by the sun”)
am na réaltaí (“sidereal time”)
amscála (“time scale”)
an t-am de lá (“the time of day”)
an t-am luath, an t-am nua (“summer-time”)
an t-am mall (“old time”)
an t-am seo inné (“this time yesterday”)
bileog ama (“timesheet”)
buama ama (“time bomb”)
Cén t-am é? Cad é an t-am atá sé? (“What time is it?”)
clár ama (“timetable”)
clásal ama (“temporal clause”)
faoin am seo (“by this time”)
freangadh ama (“time warp”)
in am agus in an-am (“in and out of season”)
(in) am ar bith (“at any time”)
in am go leor (“time enough”)
in aon am (“at one time; together”)
i rith an ama, ar feadh an ama (“all the time”)
leabhar ama (“time-book”)
le ham, tríd am (“in course of time”)
ó am go ham (“from time to time”)
pointe ama (“point in time”)
san am céanna, ag an am céanna (“at the same time”)
sprioc-am (“set time; deadline”)
sceideal ama

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

dom, dom'

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

ContractionEdit

am (triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do mo (“to/for my”).

Etymology 3Edit

Alternative formsEdit

im, 'mo

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

ContractionEdit

am (triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i mo (“in my”).

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
am	n-am	ham	t-am
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

KofyarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

NounEdit

am

water

ReferencesEdit

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Kfy. am [Ntg. 1967, 1], […]

LagwanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

NounEdit

am

water

ReferencesEdit

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Lgn. a̲m [Mch.] = àm (pl.) [Lks.] = ˀàm [Bouny] = ˀàm [Bouny 1975 MS, 5, #58], Bdm. amaii "water", amai "rain" [Talbot 1911, 252] […]

LuxembourgishEdit

ContractionEdit

am

contraction of an + dem; in the

MalalíEdit

NounEdit

am

earth

ReferencesEdit

Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology
Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English eam, eom, first-person singular of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *immi, first-person singular of *wesaną.

Alternative formsEdit

em

VerbEdit

am

first-person singular present indicative of been
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[2], published c. 1410, Joon 1:23, page 43v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  he ſeide / I am a vois of a crier in deſert .· dꝛeſſe ȝe þe weie of þe loꝛd. as yſaie þe pꝛophete ſeide
  He said: "I am the voice of a crier in the wilderness; straighten the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said."

Usage notesEdit

More common than be as a first-person singular form.

DescendantsEdit

English: am
Scots: am

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English heom.

PronounEdit

am

Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Middle WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /abiy/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /am/

PrepositionEdit

am (triggers lenition)

InflectionEdit

first-person singular: amdanaf
second-person singular: amdanat
third-person singular masculine: amdanaw, ymdanaw, ymdanw
third-person singular feminine: amdanei

Derived termsEdit

am pen (“upon”)
gwiscaw am (“to put on (clothes etc.)”)
y am (“off; apart from”)

MwaghavulEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

NounEdit

àm

water

ReferencesEdit

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A Grammar of Mupun (1993)
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122
Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Sura àm "Wasser, Flüssigkeit" [Jng. 1963, 58], Mpn. àm [Frj. 1991, 3], […]

NgasEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

NounEdit

am

water
rain

ReferencesEdit

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Angas am "1. water, 2. rain" [Ormsby 1914, 314-315] = am "water (to drink of wash with)" [Flk. 1915, 143] = […]

Nigerian PidginEdit

PronounEdit

am

him/her/it
- 1960, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, page 85:
  Where you pick am?

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

am

imperative of amme

Old EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

am

(Northumbria) first-person singular present indicative of wesan

ReferencesEdit

17, Skeat, Walter Wiliams 'The Gospel according to Saint Luke: in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically'

Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *emmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esmi, from *h₁es-.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /am/

VerbEdit

am

first-person singular present indicative of is

PeroEdit

NounEdit

ám

water

ReferencesEdit

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A grammar of Pero (1989)

PumpokolEdit

NounEdit

am

mother

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /am/

Etymology 1Edit

Inflected form of avea. Probably an analogical construction based on the old first-person plural or perhaps influenced by similar forms in other languages^[1]. Compare Aromanian am(u); cf. also Albanian kam (“I have”).

VerbEdit

am

first-person singular present indicative of avea
(I) have
first-person singular present subjunctive of avea

Etymology 2Edit

From old Romanian amu, presumably from an earlier (proto-) Romanian form aemu (attested in Aromanian), from Latin habēmus. The original first-person singular in proto-Romanian was aibu, from Latin habeō, but was changed to am(u) by analogy with the first-person plural. The form with -v- (avem) in the present form of the verb's main conjugation (as opposed to its use in this form as an auxiliary verb) may have been remade by analogy with avut^[2]; am may also be seen as a reduced, clitic form of avem^[3]. See also ați, which has a parallel development.

VerbEdit

am

(eu) am (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
(I) have...
Eu am câștigat meciul.
I have won the match.
(noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
(we) have...
Noi am fost la biserică duminică.
We have been to church on Sunday.

Related termsEdit

ai
a
ați
au

Etymology 3Edit

Presumably from a Vulgar Latin *eamus, from Latin habēbāmus.

VerbEdit

am

(noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)
(we) would

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronounEdit

am

their

Usage notesEdit

This form is used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p.

ArticleEdit

am

the

Usage notesEdit

This form is used in the singular nominative before masculine nouns beginning with b, f, m or p.

SpanishEdit

AdverbEdit

am

a.m. (before noon)
Antonym: pm

TagalogEdit

NounEdit

am

Alternative form of aam

TangaleEdit

NounEdit

am

water

ReferencesEdit

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Tng. am [Jng.], […]
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish آم‎, from Proto-Turkic *(i)am (“vulva”).

NounEdit

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

(vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection

Nominative

am

Definite accusative

amı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

am

amlar

Definite accusative

amı

amları

Dative

ama

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amım	amlarım
2nd singular	amın	amların
3rd singular	amı	amları
1st plural	amımız	amlarımız
2nd plural	amınız	amlarınız
3rd plural	amları	amları

UspantecoEdit

NounEdit

am

spider

ReferencesEdit

Leamos uspanteco: Kawitojtak kibꞌ chi rilic jwich wuj laj tzijbꞌal ajtilmit: En uspanteco y español‎^[3] (in Spanish and Uspanteco), ILV, 1998, page 1

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]

NounEdit

(classifier cái) am

small Buddhist temple, small pagoda, hermitage, secluded hut, cottage

War-JaintiaEdit

NounEdit

am

water

ReferencesEdit

Jeremy Brightbill, Amy Kim, Seung Kim, The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2007-013: 153, page 58

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh am, from Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /abiy/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /am/

PrepositionEdit

am (triggers soft mutation)

for, in exchange for
(time) at
(with siarad, sôn, or meddwl) about, concerning

InflectionEdit

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	amdana i	amdanon ni
Second person	amdanat ti	amdanoch chi
Third person	amdano fe/fo m amdani hi f	amdanyn nhw

Derived termsEdit

am byth (“forever”)
bod am (“to want”)

ConjunctionEdit

am

because (followed by fod or a “that”-clause)
Fydd e ddim yma heddiw am ei fod e’n sâl.
He won’t be here today as he’s sick.

SynonymsEdit

Yucatec MayaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Mayan *Am.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈam]

NounEdit

am (plural amoʼob)

spider

ReferencesEdit

Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Araña otra. Am. .... Eſta mata. [Another spider. Am. .... This one kills.]”
Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50

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	singular	plural
1st person	ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person	een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person	iiy, i	iir, ir

am

TranslingualEdit

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

See alsoEdit

AdverbEdit

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

Related termsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

ChuukeseEdit

PronounEdit

See alsoEdit

FulaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Alternative formsEdit

DeterminerEdit

Usage notesEdit

GaroEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

See alsoEdit

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

MutationEdit

Further readingEdit

KofyarEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

ReferencesEdit

LagwanEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

ReferencesEdit

LuxembourgishEdit

ContractionEdit

MalalíEdit

NounEdit

ReferencesEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

Usage notesEdit