ah
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
mid-1400s Old Frankish (replacing English la).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
- An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
- Ah, I understand now.
- Ah! It's good to be back home!
- Ah, the flowers of spring.
- A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
- 2008, Britney Spears, Womanizer (song)
- Boy don't try to front, uh, I
Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah.
- Boy don't try to front, uh, I
- 2008, Britney Spears, Womanizer (song)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah (plural ahs)
- An instance of the interjection ah.
- the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
Verb[edit]
ah (third-person singular simple present ahs, present participle ahing, simple past and past participle ahed)
- To give a cry of "ah".
- 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)
- Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.
- 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)
Pronoun[edit]
ah (personal pronoun, plural we, possessive adjective mah)
- Pronunciation spelling of I, most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent.
Etymology 2[edit]
Particle[edit]
ah (Singapore, Singlish, Malaysia)
- (colloquial, informal) Sentence-final particle expressing surprise or doubt.
- 2020 April 12, Notdumb, “Liddat is safe distance ah?”, in SG Talk[1]:
- Only 2 ft apart considered safe ah?
References[edit]
- “ah”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “ah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
áh
Declension[edit]
Declension of áh | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | áh | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | áha | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | áh | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | ahtí | |||||||||||||||||
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ah”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *aksa, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s- (“ash”) (compare Greek οξιά (oxiá, “beech”), Armenian հածի (haci), English ash).
Noun[edit]
ah m (indefinite plural ahe, definite singular ahu, definite plural ahet)
Hyponyms[edit]
Chickasaw[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ah
Esperanto[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
- ah (expression of understanding, etc.)
References[edit]
- “ah” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ah” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ah” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aː
Interjection[edit]
ah
- expressing understanding
- expressing contentment
Further reading[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Involuntary expression of emotions: surprise, impatience, desire, sadness, refusal.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
References[edit]
- ^ ah in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading[edit]
- ah in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ah in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈa/*, /ˈa.a/, /ˈah/, /ˈaʔ/, /ˈha/*, /ˈʔa/*, /ˈhaʔ/, /ˈʔah/[1]
- Rhymes: -a, -aa, -ah, -aʔ
- Hyphenation: àh
Interjection[edit]
ah
References[edit]
- ^ ah in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
References[edit]
- “ah”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “ah”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Min Nan[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see 鴨 (“duck”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鴨.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see 矣 (“particle expressing completion”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矣.) |
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ah
Palikur[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah n or f
References[edit]
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
Pohnpeian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah
- The name of the Latin-script letter A.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah
- shark mullet (Rhinomugil nasutus), at a growth stage of approximately twelve inches
Etymology 3[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ah
- however, and, then
- I sukuhl, ah e doadoahk.
- I went to school, and he worked.
- Ma Soulik pahn iang, ah I sohte pahn iang.
- If Soulik goes, then I won't.
- I sukuhl, ah e doadoahk.
Etymology 4[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Determiner[edit]
ah
- his, her, hers, its, third person singular possessive pronoun
- Liho iang ah pwoud.
- The woman joined her husband.
- Liho iang ah pwoud.
Etymology 5[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah!
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ah.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Somali[edit]
Verb[edit]
ah
- (intransitive) To be
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈa/, [ˈa]
- Homophones: a, ha
Interjection[edit]
ah
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ah
- Romanization of 𒄴 (aḫ)
Swedish[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
Anagrams[edit]
Tulu-Bohuai[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah
Further reading[edit]
- Bohuai
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Vilamovian[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ah
- oh: expressing of surprise
- oh: expressing wonder, amazement, or awe
- oh: expressing understanding, recognition, or realization
- oh: preceding an offhand or annoyed remark
- oh: an invocation or address
Zou[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *ak (whence the possessive forms), from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar (“chicken”). Cognates include Khumi Chin ae and Mizo ár.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ah
- fowl
- (specifically) chicken (Gallus gallus)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49
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