am

See also Appendix:Variations of "am", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Translingual

Symbol

am

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

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”), a form of the verb *wesaną. Cognate with Old Norse em, emi (“am”), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimi), Albanian jam (“I am”), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi).

Pronunciation

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• (stressed) IPA: /ˈæm/, X-SAMPA: /"{m/
• (unstressed) IPA: /əm/, X-SAMPA: /@m/
• Rhymes: -æm

Verb

am

1. First-person singular simple present indicative form of be.

Translations

form of the verb be

• Albanian: jam (sq)
• Arabic: (not used), (see:) كان (ar) (kaana)
• Armenian: եմ (hy) (em)
• Basque: naiz (eu)
• Bulgarian: съм (bg) (sǎm)
• Catalan: sóc (ca), estic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 是 (cmn) (shì) (not used with adjectives)

• Czech: jsem (cs), jsu (cs)
• Danish: er (da)
• Dutch: ben (nl)
• Faroese: eri (fo)
• Finnish: olen (fi)
• French: suis (fr)
• Georgian: ვარ (ka) (var)
• German: bin (de)
• Greek: είμαι (el) (eímai)
• Hebrew: not used in Hebrew
• Hindi: हूँ (hi) (hū̃)
• Hungarian: vagyok (hu)
• Icelandic: er (is)
• Irish: tá (ga), táim (ga)
• Italian: sono (it)
• Japanese: です (ja) (desu)
• Latin: sum (la)

• Latvian: esmu (lv), esu (lv)
• Lithuanian: esu (lt)
• Luxembourgish: sinn (lb)
• Macedonian: сум (mk) (sum)
• Maltese: jien (mt)
• Norwegian: er (no)
• Persian: هستم (fa) (hastam), ام (fa) (am) / ... ـم (fa) (... -am)
• Polish: jestem (pl)
• Portuguese: sou (pt), estou (pt)
• Romanian: sunt (ro)
• Russian: (seldom used), есть (ru) (jest’), (dated) есмь (ru) (jesm’)
• Serbo-Croatian: sam (sh), jesam (sh)
• Slovak: som (sk)
• Slovene: sem (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: som

• Spanish: estoy (es), soy (es)
• Swedish: är (sv)
• Thai: เป็น (th) (bpen) (not used with adjectives)
• Urdu: ہوں (ur) (hū̃)
• Vietnamese: là (vi) (not used with adjectives)
• Volapük: binob
• Yiddish: בין (yi) (bin)

See also

forms of be

amn't are aren't art be been

beest being is was wast were wert

Abbreviation

am

1. Alternative spelling of a.m..

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: go · how · long · #120: am · way · even · say

Anagrams

• M.A., MA, ma

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• amu

Etymology

From Latin habeō. Compare Daco-Romanian avea, am.

Verb

am (third-person singular present indicative ari/are, past participle avutã)

1. I have.
2. (auxiliary, with past participles) I have...

Related terms

• aveare/aveari
• avur

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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	‍
Roman	am‍
Perso-Arabic	‍آم‍

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am (“vulva”).

Noun

am

1. (vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

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German

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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

1. an + dem, on the, at the

Usage notes

• This is often used with the superlative of adjective (ending with -en).

  Er spielt am besten.

  He plays best.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɑːmˠ], [amˠ]

Noun

am m (genitive ama, nominative plural amanna)

1. time

Declension

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

Derived terms

• bileog ama
• clár ama
• freangadh ama
• pointe ama

Mutation

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.

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Luxembourgish

Contraction

am

1. contraction of an + dem; in the

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Old Irish

Etymology

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

Verb

am

1. first-person singular present indicative of is

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Pumpokol

Noun

am

1. mother

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Romanian

Verb

am

1. first-person singular present indicative of avea
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of avea
3. (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.

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

am

1. Their.

Usage notes

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

Article

am

1. The.

Usage notes

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

See also

• a'
• an
• an t-

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am (“vulva”).

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

1. (slang, vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

Declension

declension of am

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	am	amlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	amı	amları
dative (yönelme)	ama	amlara
locative (bulunma)	amda	amlarda
ablative (çıkma)	amdan	amlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	amın	amların

    possessive forms of am

	singular	plural
benim (my)	amım	amlarım
senin (your)	amın	amların
onun (his/her/its)	amı	amları
bizim (our)	amımız	amlarımız
sizin (your)	amınız	amlarınız
onların (their)	amı/amları	amları

See also

• amcık

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Vietnamese

Noun

am

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

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Welsh

Preposition

am

1. for, in exchange for.
2. (time) at.
3. (with siarad, sôn, or meddwl) about, concerning.

See also

Personal forms

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

Usage notes

Triggers the soft mutation on the following noun.

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

am (plural amo’ob)

1. spider, arachnid