Definitions and meaning of ag
ag
Translingual
Symbol
ag
- (metrology) Symbol for attogram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10−18 grams.
Etymology 1
Clipping of agriculture.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æɡ/
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- Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun
ag
- (chiefly in compounds) Clipping of agriculture.
- 2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014 March 8):
- Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […]
- 2014 March 8, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com:
- […] fruits and vegetables, oddly referred to in ag-speak as specialty crops, […]
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ag
- (South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
- 1962, Jeremy Taylor, Ag Pleez Deddy (song)
- Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 88:
- ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 491:
- Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch acht.
Noun
ag (plural agte)
- esteem
- eight
Etymology 2
From Dutch achten.
Verb
ag (present ag, present participle agtende, past participle geag)
- to regard; to deem
- to heed
Etymology 3
From Dutch ach. Equivalent of German ach and English oh.
Interjection
ag
- oh, oh no, shoot, damn, oh dear
Etymology 4
Numeral
ag
- Alternative form of agt
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *(h)aug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (compare Ancient Greek αὐγή (augḗ, “daylight, splendor”), Serbo-Croatian jȕg (“south”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ag m (indefinite plural agje, definite singular agu, definite plural agjet)
- dawn, daybreak, predawn light
- semi-darkness, fog
- shine
- pupils
Related terms
- agull
- agon
- agullon
- vegoj
- agull
- vegim
- vagëlloj
References
Indo-Portuguese
Noun
ag
- water
Further reading
- Hugo C. Cardoso, The Indo-Portuguese language of Diu (2009), page 345
Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish oc, ac, ic, from Old Irish oc, occ. Akin to agus. Compare Scottish Gaelic aig.
Pronunciation
- (particle):
- IPA(key): /ə/ before a consonant
- IPA(key): /əɡ/ before a, á, o, ó, u, ú
- IPA(key): /əɟ/ before e, é, i, í
- (preposition): IPA(key): /ɛɟ/, /ɪɟ/
- (preposition, Oriel): IPA(key): /ɪɟə/
Particle
ag
- particle used with the verbal noun to mark the progressive aspect:
Preposition
ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- at
- of, for (after certain adjectives)
- of (after an indication of quantity)
- of (to indicate possession emphatically, used after a noun qualified by seo (“this”) or sin (“that”))
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate possession in place of a verb meaning ‘have’
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) and a past participle to indicate a perfect tense
- used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate ability to do something
Inflection
Etymology 2
Reduced form of chuig, assimilated in all forms to Etymology 1.
Pronunciation
- (preposition): IPA(key): /ɛɟ/
Preposition
ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of chuig (“to (a person or place)”)
Inflection
Further reading
- "ag" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ag” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 7.
- “oc”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
- Entries containing “ag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Korlai Creole Portuguese
Noun
ag
- water
Further reading
- J. Clancy Clements, The Genesis of a Language: The Formation and Development of Korlai Portuguese, page 94, 1996
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *agos (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵHos. Compare Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Sanskrit अही (ahī́).
Pronunciation
Noun
ag n
- bullock, cow, ox
- deer, stag
Inflection
Descendants
Mutation
Further reading
- “ag”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aɡ/
Etymology 1
Contraction of aig
Particle
ag
- Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.
Usage notes
- This is the form used before a vowel. Before consonants it contracts to a'. The sole exception is ag ràdh (“saying”).
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ag m (genitive singular agaig or aig, no plural)
- doubt
- hesitation
Mutation
Verb
ag (past dh'ag, future agidh, verbal noun agadh)
- hesitate
- doubt
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”)
Noun
ag c
- the genus Cladium (a kind of grass)
- the species Cladium mariscus; great fen-sedge, swamp sawgrass.
- various sedges and rushes outside genus Cladium, e.g. genus Schoenus; bog rush in genus Juncus (tåg)
Declension
Anagrams
Volapük
Interjection
ag!
- oh! cry of pain or surprise
- ah! cry of surprise
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Preposition
ag
- with (used before vowels)
Usage notes
Unlike â, ag does not cause an aspirate mutation in the following word.
Wolof
Preposition
ag
- with
Source: wiktionary.org- (short for) agriculture.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)