ames

See also: Ames, amés, âmes, and -âmes

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.məs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mes/

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present indicative form of amar

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Galician

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

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Kabyle

Verb

ames (intensive aorist yettames, aorist yames, preterite yumes, negative preterite yumis, verbal noun ammus)

1. to be dirty, filthy

   Umsen iḍarren-iw.

   My feet are dirty.

Derived terms

• ssimes
• msimes

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (“to grasp-”). See also ampla (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mes/, [ˈämɛs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mes/, [ˈäːmes]

Noun

ames m (genitive amitis); third declension

1. a pole; a fork for spreading nets

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ames	amitēs
Genitive	amitis	amitum
Dative	amitī	amitibus
Accusative	amitem	amitēs
Ablative	amite	amitibus
Vocative	ames	amitēs

Descendants

• Galician: andas
• Spanish: andas

Etymology 2

Verb

amēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amō

References

• “ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ames 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)
• ames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

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Spanish

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar