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 2.3.2 See also 2.4 Abbreviation 2.5 Anagrams 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)

[edit] Symbol

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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[edit] Verb

am

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

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[edit] See also

[edit] Abbreviation

am

1. Alternative spelling of a.m..

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: am
• ma, MA, M&A, M.A.

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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

[edit] Verb

am

1. First-person singular present indicative of avea.
2. First-person singular present subjunctive of avea.

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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.

[edit] Article

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)

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[edit] See also

• amcık

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[edit] Welsh

[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 (plural amo’ob)

1. spider, arachnid