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Definitions and meaning of ag

ag

Translingual

Symbol

ag

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

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Etymology 1

Clipping of agriculture.

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, […]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ax/

Interjection

ag

1. (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

• G&A, GA, Ga, Ga.

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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

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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 (indefinite plural agje, definite singular agu, definite plural agjet)

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

Related terms

• agull
• agon
• agullon
• vegoj
• agull
• vegim
• vagëlloj

References

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Indo-Portuguese

Noun

ag

1. water

Further reading

• Hugo C. Cardoso, The Indo-Portuguese language of Diu (2009), page 345

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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/

Particle

ag

1. particle used with the verbal noun to mark the progressive aspect:

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”))

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

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.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “ag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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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

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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

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Contraction of aig

Particle

ag

1. 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”).

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”)

Noun

ag c

1. the genus Cladium (a kind of grass)
2. the species Cladium mariscus; great fen-sedge, saw-sedge.
3. various sedges and rushes outside genus Cladium, e.g. genus Schoenus; bog rush in genus Juncus (tåg)

Declension

Anagrams

• g:a

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Volapük

Interjection

ag!

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

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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.

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Wolof

Preposition

ag

1. with

Source: wiktionary.org

• (short for) agriculture.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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