amen
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English [Term?], from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
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amen (not comparable)
- At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
- 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “At the Communion”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio lxxii, recto:
- As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 5:13, column 1:
- Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen thus be he ſhaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregation ſaid, Amen, and praiſed the Lord. And the people did according to this promiſe.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:18–19, column 1:
- Bleſſed be the Lord God, the God of Iſrael, who only doth wonderous things. And bleſſed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
- 1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, column 2:
- For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
- 1962, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Proclamation of Emergency[1], page 14:
- In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: certainly, verily.
- 1582, English College of Rheims, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ[2], John 3:5, page 222:
- Iesvs anſvvered, Amen, Amen I ſay to thee, Vnles a man be borne againe of vvater and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.
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amen
- (Discuss(+) this sense) An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
- 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 9:
- Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!
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amen (plural amens)
- An instance of saying ‘amen’.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 12:
- [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
- 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby:
- A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.
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amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)
- (intransitive) To say amen.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small:
- The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.
- 2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx:
- Most of the church amened and applauded.
- 2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:
- She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]
- (transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
- 1984 August 11, Gail Ann Williams, “Convention Views: On The Street, In The Hall”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:
- spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan
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amen
Cebuano edit
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Derived from Spanish amén, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).
The gesture evolved from the custom of kissing the ecclesiastical ring of Catholic clergymen.
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- Hyphenation: a‧men
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amen
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amen
- an expression of strong agreement
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amen
- to touch one's forehead to the back of an older person's hand as a gesture of respect
- to hold out one's hand to someone, often a younger person, in order for them to touch it to their foreheads
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:amen.
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amen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle Dutch amen, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).
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amen
- amen; at the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it
- amen; an expression of strong agreement
Noun edit
amen n (plural amens, diminutive amentje n)
- An instance of saying ‘amen’.
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Etymology edit
Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
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amen
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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew certainly, truly (ʾāmēn).
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amen
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amen m (plural amens)
Further reading edit
- “amen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician edit
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amen
- inflection of amar:
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈaːmən/, [ˈʔaː.mən], [-mn̩], [-mm̩]
- IPA(key): /ˈaːmɛn/ (less common)
Audio (file) - Homophones: ahmen, Amen (general), armen, Armen (some speakers)
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amen
- amen
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amēn
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽
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amen
- at the end of prayers: so be it
- Í guðanna bænum, amen.
- For God's sake, amen.
- at the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily
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amen
- expressing strong agreement
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)).
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amen
- amen; so be it
- (colloquial) that's it; end of the story
- L'esame è andato male, pace e amen, fattene una ragione.
- The exam went bad, that's it, come to terms with it.
Interjection edit
amen
- amen!
Usage notes edit
- Sense 2, similar to pace and va beh, is colloquial, and typically seen in the phrase pace e amen, as in the example.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”); cognate with Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), Aramaic אַמִין (ʾamīn), Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾamīn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.meːn/, [ˈäːmeːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.men/, [ˈäːmen]
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āmēn (not comparable) (biblical, Christianity, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)
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āmēn
- amen!
References edit
- "amen", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- amen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 113.
- amen in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 375
Middle Dutch edit
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āmen
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Further reading edit
- “amen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “amen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
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Inherited from Old English [Term?], from Latin āmēn.
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amen
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References edit
- “āmē̆n, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
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amen
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amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen or amener, definite plural amena or amenene)
- an amen
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
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amen
Noun edit
amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen, definite plural amena)
- an amen
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- “amen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
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amen
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- Swedish: amen
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German amen, from Latin āmēn, from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn, “so be it”), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).
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amen
References edit
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- Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Amen”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 4
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn),[1] from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).[2] First attested in 1513.[3]
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amen
- (religion) amen! (at the end of religious prayers) [16th c.][3]
- (sometimes humorous) amen! (used to end a statement) [16th c.][3]
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- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amen”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “amen”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading edit
- amen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wiesław Morawski (25.08.2022) “AMEN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[4]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 31
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amen
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe),[1] from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
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amen
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- Kalo Finnish Romani: ame
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Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Ablative | Instrumental | Possessive |
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Singular | First | — | me | man | manqe | manθe | manθar | mança | miro, -i, -e |
Second | — | tu | tut | tuqe | tuθe | tuθar | tuça | tiro, -i, -e | |
Reflexive third | — | — | pes | pesqe | pesθe | pesθar | peça | pesqero, -i, -e | |
Third | Masculine | ov | les | lesqe | lesθe | lesθar | leça | lesqero, -i, -e | |
Feminine | oj | la | laqe | laθe | laθar | laça | laqero, -i, -e | ||
Plural | First | — | amen | amenqe | amenθe | amenθar | amença | amaro, -i, -e | |
Second | — | tumen | tumenqe | tumenθe | tumenθar | tumença | tumaro, -i, -e | ||
Reflexive third | — | — | pen | penqe | penθe | penθar | pença | penqero, -i, -e | |
Third | — | on | len | lenqe | lenθe | lenθar | lença | lenqero, -i, -e |
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Accusative (long and short forms) | Dative | Locative | Ablative | Instrumental | Possessive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | me | man, ma | mánge | mánde | mándar | mánsa | múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl |
Second | — | tu | tut, tu | túke | túte | tútar | túsa | tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl | |
Reflexive third | — | — | pês, pe | pêske | pêste | pêstar | pêsa | pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl | |
Third | Masculine | wo | lês, le | lêske | lêste | lêstar | lêsa | lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl | |
Feminine | woi | la, la | láke | láte | látar | lása | láko m, láki f, láke pl | ||
Plural | First | — | ame | amên, ame | amênge | amênde | amêndar | amênsa | amáro m, amári f, amáre pl |
Second | — | tume | tumên, tume | tumênge | tumênde | tumêndar | tumênsa | tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl | |
Reflexive third | — | — | pên, pe | pênge | pênde | pêndar | pênsa | pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl | |
Third | — | won | lên, le | lênge | lênde | lêndar | lênsa | lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “amén”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 6a
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “asmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “amen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 60a
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amen
- inflection of amar:
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amen
- amen (at the end of religious prayers)
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish amén, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -en, -amen
- Syllabification: a‧men
Interjection edit
amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)
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amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)
- hand-kissing of one's elders (as a sign of respect)
- saying of yes to everything that another says
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Further reading edit
- “amen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018