am

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Translations 2.4 See also 2.5 Abbreviation 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Contraction 3.2.1 Usage notes 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Pumpokol 5.1 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Verb 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Pronoun 7.1.1 Usage notes 7.2 Article 7.2.1 Usage notes 7.2.2 See also 8 Turkish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension 8.1.2 See also 9 Welsh 9.1 Preposition 9.1.1 See also 9.1.2 Usage notes 10 Yucatec Maya 10.1 Noun

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

am

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Amharic

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• amh (ISO 639-3)

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am

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

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[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Old English eom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA: /ˈæm/, SAMPA: /"{m/
• (unstressed) IPA: /əm/, SAMPA: /@m/
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am

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

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[edit] See also

amn't are is art be being been

beest was wast were wert aren't

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am

1. Alternative spelling of a.m..

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Contraction

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

1. an + dem, on the

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

  Er spielt am besten.

  He plays best.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [aːmˠ] or [amˠ]

[edit] Noun

am m.

1. time

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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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h prefix	with t- prefix
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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[edit] Pumpokol

[edit] Noun

am

1. mother

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[edit] Romanian

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am

1. first-person singular present tense form of avea. I have

   eu am o soră numită Maria

   I have a sister named Maria

2. first-person singular subjunctive form of avea.

   aş vrea să am acea carte

   I would like to have that book

(eu) am (modal auxiliary; first-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

1. (I) have

   n-am fost niciodată acolo

   I have never been there

(noi) am (modal auxiliary; first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

1. (we) have

   am fost noi acolo

   we have been there

   am fost noi ieri aici

   we were here yesterday

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

1. (we) would

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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am

1. Their.

[edit] Usage notes

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

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am

1. The.

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] See also

• a'
• an
• an t-

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

am

1. (slang, vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

[edit] Declension

[edit] See also

• amcık

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[edit] Preposition

am

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

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Personal forms

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

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers the soft mutation on the following noun.

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[edit] Yucatec Maya

[edit] Noun

am

1. spider, arachnid