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ám

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of ám – see (“water from washing rice; kitchen slops; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaːm]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Adverb

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ám

  1. (giving emphasis) truly, so
  2. (introduces contradiction, used at the end of a phrase)
  3. (introduces a surprising claim)

Usage notes

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  • Used like an interjection. Slightly poetic.

Conjunction

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ám

  1. (higher register) but (indicates contradiction or restriction, like bár)
    Synonym: ámde

Derived terms

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Compound words

See also

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Further reading

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  • ám in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ám in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inflection of á.

Noun

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ám f

  1. indefinite dative plural of á

Etymology 2

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Inflection of ær.

Noun

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ám f

  1. indefinite dative plural of ær

Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ám

  1. dative plural of á

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ám

  1. dative plural of ær

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ám ()

  1. Indicates pieces, sips or a mouthful of something
    ám chinpiece of food
    ám khẩupiece of rice
    ám nặmsip of water
    ám thươngpiece of sugar
    ám nựapiece of meat
    ámsmall piece
  2. place; spot; site
    ám đinplot (of land)
    ám tỉthat place

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (dark).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ám

  1. (only in compound) clandestine

Verb

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ám

  1. (of soot or smoke) to accumulatively stain over time
  2. (occult) to haunt
  3. (occult) to possess
    bị ma ámto be possessed by a ghost

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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