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See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"
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Translingual
Etymology 1
From a- (“atto-”) + m (“meter”).
Symbol
am
Etymology 2
Symbol
am
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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”).
Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).
Pronunciation
Verb
am
- first-person singular present indicative of be
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:23:
- He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Marsha, I am in the kitchen!
Derived terms
See also
Contraction
am
Etymology 2
Adverb
am (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of a.m..
- 2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, , →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:
- On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.
Anagrams
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Abau
Pronunciation
Noun
am class II gender m
- breadfruit
- breadfruit seeds
- a very sticky liquid from the breadfruit tree, used as traditional glue
References
SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org
Achang
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm (“jaw, chin”).
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar) /am˧/
Noun
am
Further reading
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Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The verb as a whole derives from forms of the Latin habeō, habēre. The first-person present singular form am(u), along with some other inflected forms, may have been analogical constructions (in this case, from an old form (aemu) of first-person plural (now avem)), or influenced by nearby languages. Compare Romanian avea, am; cf. also Albanian kam (“to have”). The third-person singular present indicative, ari, may have derived from Latin haberet.
Verb
am (third-person singular ari or are, simple perfect avui, imperfect aveam, participle avutã)
Related terms
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Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Oghuz اَمْ (am), from Proto-Turkic *am. Cognate with Turkish and Turkmen am. Related to amcıq with the same sense and derived from the same root.
Pronunciation
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Noun
am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic عَام (ʕām).
Noun
am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)
Declension
Further reading
- “am” in Obastan.com.
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Baba Malay
Etymology
Noun
am
Further reading
Ch'orti'
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ʔam.
Noun
am
References
- Hull, Kerry (2016), A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 52
Chuukese
Pronoun
am
- First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)
See also
Fula
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Determiner
am (singular)
Usage notes
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
am
Derived terms
- amipang
- ampatchi
References
- Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 35
- Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
- Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong
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German
Pronunciation
Contraction
am
- contraction of an (“at/on”) + dem (“the”, masculine/neuter dative singular) [with adjective ending with -en and masculine or neuter noun]
- (Bavaria, Austria) contraction of auf (“on/at”) + dem (“the”, masculine/neuter dative singular) [with adjective ending with -en and masculine or neuter noun]
Usage notes
- The contraction am is obligatory when the definite article has no deixis whatsoever. In this case it is ungrammatical to use an/auf dem as separate words:
- Er steht am Gartenzaun. ― He's standing at the garden fence.
- Am Anfang konnte ich ihn gar nicht leiden. ― In the beginning, I couldn't stand him at all.
- On the other hand, am is usually not applicable when the definite article has an indicative function. This includes contexts in which English would use a demonstrative pronoun (“this” or “that”) but also some others. Particularly, an dem is used before a defining relative clause.
- An dem Tag habe ich beschlossen, dass sich etwas ändern muss. ― On that day, I decided that something had to change.
- De Katze sitzt immer an dem Fenster, von dem man den besten Überblick über den Garten hat. ― The cat always sits by the window that gives you the best view of the garden.
Particle
am
- Precedes the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
- am schnellsten ― fastest
- am schwächsten ― weakest
- am wichtigsten ― most important
- Er spielt am besten.
- He plays best.
- (informal) Used to form the progressive aspect of verbs, especially intransitive ones. [with gerund]
- Wir sind noch am Überlegen, wie wir es angehen.
- We're still thinking about how we'll go about it.
Further reading
- “am” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Etymology
Abbreviation.
Pronunciation
Adverb
am
- (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of amúgy (“otherwise, anyway; by the way”)
See also
Indonesian
Irish
Kabyle
Kofyar
Lagwan
Livonian
Luxembourgish
Malalí
Megleno-Romanian
Middle English
Middle Welsh
Mwaghavul
Ngas
Nigerian Pidgin
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Old Irish
Pero
Pumpokol
Romanian
Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
Sumerian
Tagalog
Tangale
Tarifit
Tày
Turkish
Tzeltal
Uspanteco
Vietnamese
War-Jaintia
Welsh
West Makian
Yola
Yucatec Maya
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