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'am

'am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

English

Noun

'am (plural 'ams)

  1. Nonstandard form of ham.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ɑːmˠ/, /ɑmˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /amˠ/

Pronoun

’am (emphatic ’amsa)

  1. Galway form of agam: first-person singular of ag

References

  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 88.
  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.