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Webster 1913 Edition

Am

[AS.

eom

, akin to Gothic

, Icel.

, Olr.

, Lith.

esmi

, L.

sum

., Gr. [GREEK], Zend

ahmi

, Skr.

asmi

, fr. a root

to be. [GREEK]. See

Are

, and cf.

Was

The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See

God said unto Moses, I

that

Exod. iii. 14.

Webster 1828 Edition

Am

AMB

,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.

Definition 2024

Am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Translingual

Symbol

(chemistry) Symbol for americium.
(music) Symbol for A minor.

English

Abbreviation

Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.

Anagrams

M.A., MA, ma

Egyptian

Romanization

Manuel de Codage transliteration of 3m.

am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Translingual

Symbol

(metrology) Symbol for the attometer (attometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁸ meters (metres).

English

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of be

Adverb

am ‎(not comparable)

Alternative spelling of a.m.

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: go · how · long · #120: am · way · even · say

Anagrams

M.A., MA, ma

Angas

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram ‎(“water”).

Noun

water
rain

References

Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Angas am "1. water, 2. rain" [Ormsby 1914, 314-315] = am "water (to drink of wash with)" [Flk. 1915, 143] = […]

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin habeō. Compare Daco-Romanian avea, am.

Verb

am ‎(third-person singular present indicative ari/are, imperfect aveam, simple perfect avui, past participle avutã)

I have.
I own.
(auxiliary, with past participles) I have...

Related terms

Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic
Roman	am
Perso-Arabic	آم

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am ‎(“****”).

Noun

(vulgar) **** (genitalia)

Chuukese

Pronoun

First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)

	singular	plural
1st person	ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person	een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person	iiy, i	iir, ir

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/
Rhymes: -am

Contraction

am (+ adjective ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

an + dem, on the, at the

am Rande‎ ― on the margin(s)

am Leben‎ ― alive
Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.

am schnellsten‎ ― fastest

Er spielt am besten.
He plays best.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish amm n ‎(“point of time”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /aumˠ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːmˠ/, /amˠ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /amˠ/

Noun

am m ‎(genitive singular ama, nominative plural amanna)

time
1. measured time
2. point of time, occasion
3. usual, set, time
4. due, proper, time
5. scheduled time
6. opportune, inopportune, time
7. available time
8. season
9. portion of time, period
10. time of life
11. span of life
12. time of gestation
13. time of death
14. person's experience at particular time.
15. (general, adverbial, usages, an t-am) when

Declension

Declension of am

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

Alternative declension

Declension of am

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am	amanta
Vocative	a am	a amanta
Genitive	ama	amanta
Dative	am	amanta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-am	na hamanta
Genitive	an ama	na n-amanta
Dative	leis an am don am	leis na hamanta

Derived terms

Terms derived from am

amchrios m ‎(“time zone”)
am eile, am éigin eile ‎(“another, some other, time”)
am lóin ‎(“lunch-time”)
am luí ‎(“bedtime”)
am na gréine ‎(“the time by the sun”)
am na réaltaí ‎(“sidereal time”)
amscála m ‎(“time scale”)
an t-am de lá ‎(“the time of day”)
an t-am luath, an t-am nua ‎(“summer-time”)
an t-am mall ‎(“old time”)

an t-am seo inné ‎(“this time yesterday”)
bileog ama ‎(“timesheet”)
Cén t-am é? Cad é an t-am atá sé? ‎(“What time is it?”)
clár ama ‎(“timetable”)
clásal ama ‎(“temporal clause”)
faoin am seo ‎(“by this time”)
freangadh ama ‎(“time warp”)
(in) am ar bith ‎(“at any time”)
in am go leor ‎(“time enough”)

in am agus in an-am ‎(“in and out of season”)
in aon am ‎(“at one time; together”)
i rith an ama, ar feadh an ama ‎(“all the time”)
leabhar ama ‎(“time-book”)
le ham, tríd am ‎(“in course of time”)
ó am go ham ‎(“from time to time”)
pointe ama ‎(“point in time”)
san am céanna, ag an am céanna ‎(“at the same time”)
sceideal ama

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

Alternative forms

dom, dom’

Contraction

am ‎(triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do mo ‎(“to/for my”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

Alternative forms

im, ’mo

Contraction

am ‎(triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i mo ‎(“in my”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
am	n-am	ham	t-am
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"am" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 amm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Kofyar

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram ‎(“water”).

Noun

water

References

Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Kfy. am [Ntg. 1967, 1], […]

Lagwan

Noun

water

References

Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Lgn. a̲m [Mch.] = àm (pl.) [Lks.] = ˀàm [Bouny] = ˀàm [Bouny 1975 MS, 5, #58], Bdm. amaii "water", amai "rain" [Talbot 1911, 252] […]

Luxembourgish

Contraction

contraction of an + dem; in the

Malalí

Noun

earth

References

Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology
Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि ‎(abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 ‎(abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί ‎(amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ ‎(amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/

Preposition

am ‎(triggers lenition)

Inflection

first-person singular: amdanaf
second-person singular: amdanat
third-person singular masculine: amdanaw, ymdanaw, ymdanw
third-person singular feminine: amdanei

Derived terms

am pen ‎(“upon”)
gwiscaw am ‎(“to put on (clothes etc.)”)
y am ‎(“off; apart from”)

Mwaghavul

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram ‎(“water”).

Noun

àm

water

References

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A Grammar of Mupun (1993)
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122
Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Sura àm "Wasser, Flüssigkeit" [Jng. 1963, 58], Mpn. àm [Frj. 1991, 3], […]

Nigerian Pidgin

Pronoun

him/her/it
- 1960, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, page 85:
  Where you pick am?

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *emmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esmi, from *h₁es-.

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of is

Pero

Noun

ám

water

References

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A grammar of Pero (1989)

Pumpokol

Noun

mother

Romanian

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of avea
first-person singular present subjunctive of avea
(noi) am ‎(modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
(we) have
Noi am fost la biserică duminică.
We have been to church on Sunday.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

their

Usage notes

This form is used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p.

Article

Usage notes

This form is used in the singular nominative before masculine nouns beginning with b, f, m or p.

Spanish

Adverb

a.m. (before noon)

Antonyms

Tangale

Noun

water

References

Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Tng. am [Jng.], […]
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatitical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am ‎(“****”).

Noun

am ‎(definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

(slang, vulgar) **** (genitalia)

Declension

declension of am

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	am	amlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	amı	amları
dative (yönelme)	ama	amlara
locative (bulunma)	amda	amlarda
ablative (ayrılma)	amdan	amlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	amın	amların

possessive forms of am

	singular	plural
benim (my)	amım	amlarım
senin (your)	amın	amların
onun (his/her/its)	amı	amları
bizim (our)	amımız	amlarımız
sizin (your)	amınız	amlarınız
onların (their)	amı/amları	amları

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˥]

Noun

small Buddhist temple, small pagoda, hermitage, secluded hut, cottage

War-Jaintia

Noun

water

Reference

Jeremy Brightbill, Amy Kim, Seung Kim, The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2007-013: 153, page 58

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh am, from Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि ‎(abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 ‎(abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί ‎(amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ ‎(amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/

Preposition

am ‎(triggers soft mutation)

for, in exchange for
(time) at
(with siarad, sôn, or meddwl) about, concerning

Inflection

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	amdana i	amdanon ni
Second person	amdanat ti	amdanoch chi
Third person	amdano fe/fo m amdani hi f	amdanyn nhw

Derived terms

am byth ‎(“forever”)
bod am ‎(“to want”)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

am (plural amo’ob)

spider, arachnid

Etymology

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom ‎(“am”), from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi ("am"; a form of the verb *wesaną ‎(“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi ‎(“I am, I exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em, emi ‎(“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”).

Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /æm/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /əm/
Rhymes: -æm