amen

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See also: Amen, ámen, amén, àmen, âmen, āmén, åmen, and αμήν

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ‎ (ʾāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ‎ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eɪˈmɛn/, /ɑːˈmɛn/, /ˈeɪ.mɛn/
    • Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.
    • Audio (UK)(file)
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb[edit]

amen (not comparable)

  1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
  2. In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: truly, verily.
    • 1582, Bible in Rhemish translation, John 3:5:
      Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. (Discuss(+) this sense) An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".
    • 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, Futurama, season 1, episode 9
      Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

amen (plural amens)

  1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
    • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, OCLC 145080417:
      The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 12:
      [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
    • 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby:
      A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.
  2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)

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Verb[edit]

amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)

  1. (intransitive) To say amen.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Sunday," [1]
      The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.
    • 2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required (page xxx)
      Most of the church amened and applauded.
    • 2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:
      She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]
  2. (transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

amen

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of amar

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Spanish amén, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן‎ (amén, “certainly, truly”).

The gesture evolved from the custom of kissing the ecclesiastical ring of Catholic clergymen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧men

Adverb[edit]

amen

  1. at the end of religious prayers: so be it

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. an expression of strong agreement

Verb[edit]

amen

  1. to touch one's forehead to the back of an older person's hand as a gesture of respect
  2. to hold out one's hand to someone, often a younger person, in order for them to touch it to their foreheads

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:amen.

Chuukese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English amen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈmɛn/, /aˈbɛn/

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Dutch amen, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אמן‎ (amén, “certainly, truly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen; at the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it
  2. amen; an expression of strong agreement

Noun[edit]

amen n (plural amens, diminutive amentje n)

  1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: amen
  • →? Sranan Tongo: amen

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amen, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Noun[edit]

amen m (plural amens)

  1. amen

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

amen

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of amar

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן‎.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Derived terms[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

amēn

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽

Icelandic[edit]

Adverb[edit]

amen

  1. at the end of prayers: so be it
    Í guðanna bænum, amen.
    For God's sake, amen.
  2. at the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. expressing strong agreement

Anagrams[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمِين‎ (ʾāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ‎ (ʾāmên)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.men/
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Hyphenation: à‧men

Adverb[edit]

amen

  1. amen; so be it
  2. (colloquial) that's it; end of the story
    L'esame è andato male, pace e amen, fattene una ragione.
    The exam went bad, that's it, come to terms with it.

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen!

Usage notes[edit]

  • Sense 2, similar to pace and va beh, is colloquial, and typically seen in the phrase pace e amen, as in the example.

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”); cognate with Arabic آمِين‎ (ʾāmīn), Aramaic אַמִין‎ (ʾamīn), Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ‬‎ (ʾamīn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

āmēn (not comparable) (biblical, Christianity, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

  1. amen; so be it, let it be
  2. amen; truly, verily

Interjection[edit]

āmēn

  1. amen!

References[edit]

  • “amen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • amen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 113
  • amen in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, page 375

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin āmēn.

Interjection[edit]

āmen

  1. amen, so be it

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English, from Latin āmēn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aːˈmɛːn/, /aːˈmɛn/

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Noun[edit]

amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen or amener, definite plural amena or amenene)

  1. an amen

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. amen

Noun[edit]

amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen, definite plural amena)

  1. an amen

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן‎ (ʾāmēn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. (religion) amen! (at the end of religious prayers)
  2. (sometimes humorous) amen! (used to end a statement)

Derived terms[edit]

adverb
particle

Further reading[edit]

  • amen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • amen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Interjection[edit]

amen

  1. Obsolete spelling of amém

Romani[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe),[1] from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronoun[edit]

amen

  1. we[1][3]
  2. accusative of amen: us

Descendants[edit]

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: ame

See also[edit]

Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “amén”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 6a
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “asmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “amen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 60a

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Colombia)(file)

Verb[edit]

amen

  1. inflection of amar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish amén.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧men
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmen/, [ʔɐˈmen]

Interjection[edit]

amén

  1. amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)
    Synonym: siyanawa

Noun[edit]

amén

  1. hand-kissing of one's elders (as a sign of respect)
    Synonyms: mano, pagmano, pagmamano
  2. saying of yes to everything that another says

Derived terms[edit]

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