em

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: ĕm, IPA(key): /ˈɛm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun[edit]

em (plural ems)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
    The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
    • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
      It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
    Synonyms: quad, em quad, mutton, mut
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. Alternative form of 'em

Etymology 3[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive emself, possessive adjective eir, possessive pronoun eirs)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.
    • 1986 April 1, Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX: A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting with the AMS-TeX macro package‎[1], Providence: American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC Z253.4.T47 S673 1986, page 68:
      If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first.
    • 1997, Steven Shaviro, Doom Patrols : A Theoretical Fiction About Postmodernism, London: Serpent's Tail, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 138:
      I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.
    • 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work‎[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:
      E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves[sic], and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.
    • 2011 March 15, RJ Edwards, “89: New Friend”, in Riot Nrrd‎[3], retrieved 2012-10-06:
      And ultimately: I think my readers are mature enough that knowing eir assigned gender is not going to give them an “excuse” to misgender em.
    • 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202
      “You idiot girl! Are you childsick?” She grabbed Asu’s wrist; Asu made no effort to twist away. “Sand and soil, tell me you’re not pregnant. Is it that—what’s eir name? Aeran? Have you lain with em? Tell me!”
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Compare um.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

em

  1. (Scotland, Ireland) a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm
    She was going to, em... the salon, I think.

Etymology 5[edit]

Noun[edit]

em (plural ems)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter М / м.

Anagrams[edit]

Bislama[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈem/
  • Hyphenation: em

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. Alternative form of hem (“he, she”)

See also[edit]

Bislama personal pronouns
singular dual trial plural
1st person exclusive mi mitufala mitrifala mifala
inclusive — yumitu, yumitufala yumitrifala yumi
2nd person yu yutufala yutrifala yufala
3rd person neutral hem, em tufala trifala ol1), olgeta
collective — tugeta trigeta —
1) Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb.
*) Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns.
**) The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own.

References[edit]

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 14

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin mē, from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em (proclitic, contracted m', enclitic me, contracted enclitic 'm)

  1. me (direct or indirect object)

Usage notes[edit]

  • em is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.
    Em dic… ― My name is… (literally, “I call myself…”)

Declension[edit]

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. (most dialects) Reduced form of im (“to him”).

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

em

  1. (most dialects) Reduced form of däm (“to the”).
Usage notes[edit]
  • The normal reduced form is dem (also spelt d'm). The further reduction is used especially after prepositions.

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

em

  1. (most dialects) Contraction of en däm (“in the”).
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old High German umbi

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

em (+ accusative)

  1. (Moselle Franconian) around
Alternative forms[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

em n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Further reading[edit]

  • em in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • em in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Daur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Mongolian эм (em).

Noun[edit]

em

  1. medicine

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

em f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter M.
Usage notes[edit]
  • Multiple Latin names for the letter M, m have been suggested. The most common is em or a syllabic m, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, mē, əm, mə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιμμε (imme).
Coordinate terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Fossilised (2nd person singular) imperative of emō.

Interjection[edit]

em

  1. of wonder or emphasis, there!

References[edit]

  • "em", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "em", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • em in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
  • Hannah Rosén (1999). Latine loqui: trends and directions in the crystallization of classical Latin. München: Fink. p. 47

Latvian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(file)

Noun[edit]

em m (invariable)

  1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter M/m.

See also[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

em

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter m.

See also[edit]

Luxembourgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. Reduced form of him

Declension[edit]

Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du de dech — dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) — eis (ons) — eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

Marshallese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

em

  1. and

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

em (plural emes)

  1. uncle (brother of one's parents)
    Synonym: uncle
  2. (rare) progenitor, forefather
  3. (rare) nephew (son of one's sibling)
Descendants[edit]
  • English: eam, eme (dialectal)
  • Scots: eme
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

em

  1. Alternative form of am

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em (oblique me)

  1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Old Frisian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

Noun[edit]

ēm m

  1. an uncle, mother's brother

Inflection[edit]

Declension of ēm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative ēm ēmar, ēma
genitive ēmes ēma
dative ēme ēmum, ēmem
accusative ēm ēmar, ēma

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *immi ("am"; a form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with English am, Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Latin sum (“am”), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimí), Albanian jam (“I am”), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi), Latvian esmu (“(I) am”), esam (“we are”).

Verb[edit]

em

  1. I am, first-person of vera (meaning "to be")

Derived terms[edit]

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German dem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

em m (definite)

  1. the

Declension[edit]

Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die es die
Accusative der die es die
Dative dem der em de

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. to him

Declension[edit]

Declension of em
Nominative Accusative Dative
1st - Singular ich mich mir
mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular du
de (unstressed) 		dich dir
der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine er ihn
en (unstressed) 		ihm
em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine sie
se (unstressed) 		sie
se (unstressed) 		ihre
re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter es es ihm
em (unstressed)
1st - Plural mir
mer (unstressed) 		uns uns
2nd - Plural dihr
der (unstressed) 		eich eich
3rd - Plural sie sie ihne
ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite Sie Sie Ihne
Ne (unstressed)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”). Doublet of in.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽj̃/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ/

Preposition[edit]

em

  2. in; inside; within (contained by)
    Estou em minha casa.
    I’m in my house.
    Encontraram umas moedas no baú.
    They found some coins inside the chest.
  4. on; on top of (located just above the surface of)
    O livro está na mesa.
    The book is on the table.
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:
      Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]
      Then the smile reappeared on his face [...]
  6. in; at (located in a location)
    Os soldados estão na Crimeia.
    The soldiers are in Crimea.
  8. in (part of; a member of)
    Só três jogadores ainda estão nesse time.
    Only three players are still in this team.
  10. in; into; inside (towards the inside of)
    A água entrou em várias casas.
    The water got into various houses.
  12. indicates the target of an action
    Quero dar um soco na tua cara.
    I want to punch you in the face.
    Mete um processo neles.
    Shove a lawsuit down their throats.
  14. in (pertaining to the particular thing)
    Ela não passou em inglês.
    She didn’t pass in English.
  16. in (immediately after a period of time)
    Entraremos em contato com você em duas semanas.
    We will get in contact with you in two weeks.
  18. in; during (within a period of time)
    O jornal será publicado no dia cinco.
    The newspaper will be published on the fifth.
  20. at; in (in a state of)
    Estamos em perigo!
    We’re in danger!
  22. in (indicates means, medium, format, genre or instrumentality)
    Fomos pagos em moeda estrangeira.
    We were paid in foreign currency.
  24. in (indicates a language, script, tone etc. of writing, speaking etc.)
    Li um livro em holandês.
    I read a book in Dutch.
  26. in (wearing)
    A moça em preto.
    The lady in black.
  28. (slang) indicates that the object deserves a given punishment
    Cadeia nele!
    He should be in jail!
    (literally, “jail on him!”)

Usage notes[edit]

When followed by an article, a pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun or adjective, em is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

Contractions of em
Em + article Combined form
em + o no
em + a na
em + os nos
em + as nas
em + um num
em + uma numa
em + uns nuns
em + umas numas
Em + pronoun Combined form
em + ela nela
em + elas nelas
em + ele nele
em + eles neles
Em + dem. pronoun Combined form
em + aquela naquela
em + aquelas naquelas
em + aquele naquele
em + aqueles naqueles
em + aquilo naquilo
em + esse nesse
em + essa nessa
em + esses nesses
em + essas nessas
em + este neste
em + esta nesta
em + estes nestes
em + estas nestas
em + isso nisso
em + isto nisto
em + outra noutra
em + outras noutras
em + outro noutro
em + outros noutros

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Synonyms[edit]

Salar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Turkmen, Turkish em, Kyrgyz, Tuvan, Southern Altai эм (em), Kazakh ем (em), etc.

Noun[edit]

em

  1. medicine
    Antonym: ağu

References[edit]

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “em”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 324
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[5], China Salar Youth League, page 2


Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

em

  1. (South Scots) emphatic first-person singular simple present of ti be

See also[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هم‎ (hem), from Persian هم‎ (ham).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

em … em … (Cyrillic spelling ем … ем …)

  1. not only … but also
    Em me bio em još da mu kažem hvala. ― Not only did he beat me up but he also wanted me to tell him thanks.

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

em

  1. pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); abbreviation of eftermiddagen.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Since the 1960s, Sweden primarily uses the 24 hour clock, making am/pm abbreviations unnecessary and less common

Antonyms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English em, the English name of the letter M/m.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: em
  • IPA(key): /ʔem/, [ʔɛm]
  • Rhymes: -em

Noun[edit]

em (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) ma, (in the Abecedario) eme

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English him.

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
      God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
      →New International Version translation

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Tok Pisin personal pronouns
singular dual trial plural
1st person mi mitupela (exclusive)
yumitupela (inclusive) 		mitripela (exclusive)
yumitripela (inclusive) 		mipela (exclusive)
yumipela, yumi (inclusive)
2nd person yu yutupela yutripela yupela
3rd person em tupela tripela ol

Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English him.

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)

Veps[edit]

Verb[edit]

em

  1. first-person plural present of ei

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(sʔ)iəm; cognate with Pacoh a-em (“younger sibling”).

According to Phan Kế Bính's Việt Nam phong tục (1915), apparently the practice of calling each other anh-em for those in relationship originated from the province of Quảng Nam:

1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:

— Vợ chồng con nhà sang trọng, gọi nhau bằng cậu mợ, thầy thông thầy phán thì gọi nhau bằng thầy cô, nhà thường thì gọi nhau bằng anh chị. Có con rồi thì gọi nhau bằng thầy em đẻ em, nhà thô tục thì gọi nhau là bố cu mẹ đĩ, có người thì gọi bố nó mẹ nó, có người cả hai vợ chồng gọi lẫn nhau là nhà ta. Ở Quảng-Nam thì vợ gọi chồng là anh, chồng gọi vợ là em. Ở Nghệ Tĩnh vợ chồng gọi là gấy nhông.

Spouses from wealthy families tend to call each other cậu and mợ; those employed by the government prefer thầy and cô; while in an average household, they call each other anh and chị. Couples with children call each other thầy em [father of the little one] and đẻ em [mother of the little one], while those from low-born families use bố cu and mẹ đĩ; there are also those who say bố nó and mẹ nó and those who both call each other nhà ta. In Quảng Nam, a housewife would call her husband anh and a husband would call his wife em. In Nghệ Tĩnh, "husband and wife" is called gấy nhông.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier đứa, thằng, con) em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. a younger sibling
    thằng em của em ― my younger brother
  2. a cousin who is descended from an ancestor who is/was a younger sibling to oneself's or one's spouse's (such as a child of a younger sibling of one of one's parents or a grandchild of a younger sibling of one of one's grandparents)
    Synonym: em họ
    - Sao anh lại gọi chú ấy là thầy ? Chú ấy là em của em. Chú ấy cũng là em của anh.
    - Anh thấy mình nên tôn trọng cái có trước. Thầy ấy là thầy của anh từ trước khi anh lấy em.
    - Why did you call him "teacher"? He's my "younger sibling", meaning he's yours, too.
    - I felt like I should respect what comes first. He was my teacher long before we're married.
  3. a person younger than oneself but of the same generation
  4. (formal) a child or a student
    • 2021, Tâm An, “Cận cảnh các em học sinh tiểu học ăn ngủ, sinh hoạt trong khu cách ly tại trường”, in Tuổi trẻ online‎[6]:
      Cận cảnh các em học sinh tiểu học ăn ngủ, sinh hoạt trong khu cách ly tại trường
      Close-up of primary students living in school quarantine

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Derived terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. pronoun used to refer to any person (oneself, the addressee, or any third person) described by the noun em above
    Synonyms: (second person): thằng em, (third person): em ấy, ẻm
    thằng em của em ― my younger brother
    1. (familiar) pronoun used to refer to younger person of the same generation
    2. pronoun used to refer to younger siblings or cousins descended from an ancestor who is/was a younger sibling to one's own or one's spouse's
    3. (formal) pronoun used to refer to a child or a student
      Synonym: con
      Viết một đoạn văn ngắn miêu tả một thứ bố em làm cho em.
      Write a short essay describing something your father made for you.
  2. pronoun used to refer to the girl or woman in a romantic relationship
    Antonyms: anh, tôi
    Anh yêu em. / Em cũng yêu anh.
    I love you. / I love you too.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Alexander Pushkin, translated by Hoàng Thúy Toàn, Tôi yêu em [I Loved You], translation of Я вас любил:
      Tôi yêu em âm thầm, không hi vọng, / Lúc rụt rè, khi hậm hực lòng ghen, / Tôi yêu em, yêu chân thành, đằm thắm, / Cầu em được người tình như tôi đã yêu em.
      I loved you, without words, without hope, / Sometimes I felt shy, sometimes I felt tortured with jealousy, / I loved you, truly and deeply, / I pray you will find someone who loves you as much as I ever did.

Usage notes[edit]

Textbooks tend to assume grade schoolers and middle schoolers to be young enough to be called em (literally “little sibling”), but high schoolers to be old enough to be called anh (“big brother”) and chị (“big sister”).

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Adjective[edit]

em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. small; smaller

See also[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

em f (plural emiau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
em unchanged unchanged hem
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also[edit]

Yola[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

em

  1. Alternative form of ham (“him”)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Ich knouth em.
      I know him.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 51
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