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ag

Translingual

Symbol

ag

  1. (metrology) Symbol for attogram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10−18 grams.

Etymology 1

Clipping of agriculture or agricultural.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

ag

  1. (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, […]
Derived terms
  • ag-gag
Related terms
  • agri-
  • Big Ag

Etymology 2

Clipping of aggregate.

Noun

ag (countable and uncountable, plural ags)

  1. (construction) Clipping of aggregate (small rocks mixed into concrete).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ax/

Interjection

ag

  1. (South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Adverb

ag

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of again.

Etymology 5

Noun

ag (plural ags)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of AG (“aggressive (butch)”)

Anagrams

  • G&A, GA, Ga, Ga.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch acht.

Noun

ag (plural agte)

  1. esteem
  2. eight

Etymology 2

From Dutch achten.

Verb

ag (present ag, present participle agtende, past participle geag)

  1. to regard; to deem
  2. to heed

Etymology 3

From Dutch ach. Equivalent of German ach and English oh.

Interjection

ag

  1. oh, oh no, shoot, damn, oh dear

Etymology 4

Numeral

ag

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /aɡ/

Noun

ag m (plural agje, definite agu, definite plural agjet)

  1. dawn, daybreak, predawn light
  2. semi-darkness, fog
  3. shine
  4. pupils

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • “ag”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ag”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
  • “ag”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Buhi'non Bikol

Conjunction

ag

  1. and
    Synonym: sagkëd

Indo-Portuguese

Noun

ag

  1. 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

  1. particle used with the verbal noun to mark the progressive aspect:
    ag siúl ― walking
    ag gáire ― laughing
    ag ithe ― eating
    ag ól ― drinking

Preposition

ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. at
  2. of, for (after certain adjectives)
  3. of (after an indication of quantity)
  4. of (to indicate possession emphatically, used after a noun qualified by seo (“this”) or sin (“that”))
    an teach seo againne ― this house of ours
    na bróga sin agatsa ― those shoes of yours
  5. used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate possession in place of a verb meaning ‘have’
  6. used with forms of bí (“to be”) and a past participle to indicate a perfect tense
  7. 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)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of chuig (“to (a person or place)”)
Inflection
Descendants
  • → Yola: ug

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 7
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “ag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Kaingang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋ/, [aɡŋ]

Pronoun

ag

  1. they; them (masculine)

Particle

ag

  1. masculine plural marker
    Topẽ vỹ ẽprã ke ag to há nĩ.
    God loves the human beings.

Korlai Creole Portuguese

Noun

ag

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /aɣ/

Noun

ag n

  1. bullock, cow, ox
  2. deer, stag

Inflection

Descendants

Mutation

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Parauk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔak/

Noun

ag

  1. crossbow (bow).
  2. arrow.

Noun

ag

  1. carbuncle, ulcer, tumor.

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡ/

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Norse eggja.

Noun

ag (plural ags) (Shetland)

  1. The wash of waves on the sea-shore as by a steady wind from the sea.
  2. foam near the shore
  3. stir, eagerness

Etymology 2

Verb

ag (third-person singular simple present ags, present participle agin, simple past aged, past participle aged)

  1. Shetland form of agg (“to drive”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ag (third-person singular simple present ags, present participle agin, simple past aged, past participle aged)

  1. Shetland form of ak (“to feel sick”)

References

  • “ag” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /aɡ/

Etymology 1

Contraction of aig

Particle

ag

  1. Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.
    Bha Seumas ag obair. ― James was working.
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)

  1. doubt
  2. hesitation

Verb

ag (past dh'ag, future agidh, verbal noun agadh)

  1. hesitate
  2. doubt

Mutation

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”).

Noun

ag c

  1. grass of the genus Cladium
    1. especially, of species Cladium mariscus (great fen-sedge, swamp sawgrass).
  2. various sedges and rushes outside genus Cladium, e.g. in genera Juncus (rushes) and Schoenus (bog rushes)
    Synonym: tåg (Juncus)

Declension

Anagrams

  • g:a

Volapük

Interjection

ag!

  1. oh! cry of pain or surprise
  2. ah! cry of surprise

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • â

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡ/

Preposition

ag

  1. with (used before vowels)

Usage notes

Unlike â, ag does not cause an aspirate mutation in the following word.

Wolof

Preposition

ag

  1. with

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