ax
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ax (plural axes)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of axe
Verb
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- (American spelling) Alternative form of axe
Etymology 2
From Old English acsian/axian, showing metathesis from ascian. Ax/aks was the regular literary form until about 1600.
Verb
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- (now dialectal or nonstandard, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts I:
- When they were come togedder, they axed off hym, sayinge: Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdom of israhel?
- 1879, William Barnes, “The Welshnut Tree”, in Complete Poems of William Barnes, volume 1, page 106:
- Ar try who'l ax em the hardest riddle, / Ar soonest vind out oone put us, true;
- 1979, Verna Mae Slone, What My Heart Wants to Tell, Kentucky 1988, p. 18:
- ‘I axed him if he knowed the way and he said he had not fergitten the lay of the land.’
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts I:
Usage notes
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2000), the form “ax” is now associated with African American Vernacular English, but in the past it was common among “white” Americans as well, especially in New England, and is a feature of some British dialects. It was a common word in English for a thousand years (Chaucer used both forms interchangeably), but is now stigmatized as substandard. This is similar to the case of words like ain't which were also acceptable in the past.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Adverb
ax
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsą.
Pronunciation
Noun
ax n (genitive singular ax, nominative plural öx)
- ear (of corn)
Declension
Declension of ax | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ax | axið | öx | öxin |
accusative | ax | axið | öx | öxin |
dative | axi | axinu | öxum | öxunum |
genitive | ax | axins | axa | axanna |
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
Verb
ax
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English æx, æcs, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ax (plural axes)
Descendants
References
- “ax(e (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Etymology 2
From Old English eax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ax (plural axes)
Derived terms
References
- “ax(e (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Old French
Contraction
ax
Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *ahsą.
Noun
- ear (of corn)
Declension
Descendants
References
“ax”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Noun
ax n
- an ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
Declension
Declension of ax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ax | axet | ax | axen |
Genitive | ax | axets | ax | axens |
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