ax

See also: AX, Ax, ax̱, .ax, -ax, and ах

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: ăks, IPA^(key): /æks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

ax (plural axes)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of axe

VerbEdit

ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. Alternative spelling of axe

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English acsian, showing metathesis from ascian. The regular literary form until circa 1600.

VerbEdit

ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. (now dialectal or nonstandard, African American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts I:

     When they were come togedder, they axed off hym, sayinge: Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdom of israhel?

   • 1979, Verna Mae Slone, What My Heart Wants to Tell, Kentucky 1988, p. 18:

     ‘I axed him if he knowed the way and he said he had not fergitten the lay of the land.’

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsą.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /axs/
• IPA^(key): /aks/

NounEdit

ax n (genitive singular ax, nominative plural öx)

1. ear (of corn)

DeclensionEdit

declension of ax

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ax	axið	öx	öxin
accusative	ax	axið	öx	öxin
dative	axi	axinu	öxum	öxunum
genitive	ax	axins	axa	axanna

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Jamaican CreoleEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• aax, hax

VerbEdit

ax

1. ask

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Old FrenchEdit

ContractionEdit

ax

1. Contraction of a + les (to the)

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

ax n

1. an ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ax
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ax	axet	ax	axen
Genitive	ax	axets	ax	axens