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ag

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ag"

Translingual

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Symbol

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ag

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

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of agriculture or agricultural.

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Noun

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ag

  1. (chiefly in compounds) Clipping of agriculture.
    He got his degree from the state ag college.
    My class is over on ag campus.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of aggregate.

Noun

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ag (countable and uncountable, plural ags)

  1. (construction) Clipping of aggregate (small rocks mixed into concrete).
    The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.
    If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

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Interjection

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ag

  1. (South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
    • 1962, Jeremy Taylor (lyrics and music), “Ag Pleez Deddy”:
      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, published 1998, page 88:
      ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 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.
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Etymology 4

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Adverb

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ag

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of again.

Etymology 5

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Noun

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ag (plural ags)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of AG (“aggressive (butch)”)
    • 2016 February 26, Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 224:
      new forms of female masculinity are exploding, ranging from butches, dykes, and studs to transmen, FTMs, ags, genderqueers, individuals masculine-of-center, and many more. Transgender men and masculine women can make their own movies […]
    • 2016 June 10, Roberta Uno, Monologues for Actors of Color: Men, Routledge, →ISBN, page 85:
      I don't know what I'd do without them (smiles) Sometimes, I wonder why studs/ag's/butches/transguys be grilling one another in the club. I mean, in my mind, I'm like Why would you hate someone who look like you, act like you, […]
    • 2017 July 31, Eric Friginal, Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics, Routledge, →ISBN:
      The context around stud enables us to understand its meaning among the W4W advertisers: Seeking lesbian stud, butch, ag, or tomboish women ONLY I'm a single stud (on the soft side) slim body type, tattoos, cute face, and great smile […]

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch acht.

Noun

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ag (plural agte)

  1. esteem
  2. eight

Etymology 2

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From Dutch achten.

Verb

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

  1. to regard; to deem
    Ek ag hom as 'n belangrike bate in ons maatskappy.
    I deem him as an important asset in our company.
    Hy word hoog geag.
    He is highly regarded.
  2. to heed

Etymology 3

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

Interjection

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ag

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

Etymology 4

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Afrikaans numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: agt, ag
    Ordinal: agtste, agste
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8ste

Numeral

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ag

  1. Alternative form of agt

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *(h)aug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (compare Ancient Greek αὐγή (augḗ, “daylight, splendor”), Serbo-Croatian jȕg (“south”).[1]

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Noun

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

  1. dawn, daybreak, predawn light
  2. semi-darkness, fog
  3. shine
  4. pupils
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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 72

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

Buhi'non Bikol

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Conjunction

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ag

  1. and
    Synonym: sagkëd

Indo-Portuguese

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Noun

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ag

  1. water

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish oc, ac, ic, from Old Irish oc, occ. Compare Scottish Gaelic aig.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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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

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ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. at
  2. of, for (after certain adjectives)
    Bhí sé go deas ag Cáit a dhul leat.
    It was nice of Cáit to go with you.
    Tá sé éasca agat sin a rá.
    It’s easy for you to say that.
  3. of (after an indication of quantity)
    Tá go leor acu anseo.
    There are plenty of them here.
    Tá duine againn tinn.
    One of us is ill.
  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’
    Tá teach ag Seán.
    Seán has a house.
  6. used with forms of bí (“to be”) and a past participle to indicate a perfect tense
    Tá an teach péinteáilte ag Seán.
    Seán has painted the house.
  7. used with forms of bí (“to be”) to indicate ability to do something
    Tá Spáinnis agam.
    I can speak Spanish.
    Tá caint agam.
    I can talk.
    Tá ceol agam.
    I can make music.
Inflection
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Inflection of ag
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. agam agamsa
2d person sing. agat agatsa
3d sing. masc. aige aigesean
3d sing. fem. aici aicise
1st person pl. againn againne
2d person pl. agaibh agaibhse
3d person pl. acu acusan

Etymology 2

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Reduced form of chuig, assimilated in all forms to Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

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  • (preposition): IPA(key): /ɛɟ/

Preposition

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ag (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of chuig (“to (a person or place)”)
    Tá mé ag dul ag an dochtúr.
    I’m going to the doctor
Inflection
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Inflection of ag
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. agam agamsa
2d person sing. agat agatsa
3d sing. masc. aige aigesean
3d sing. fem. aici aicise
1st person pl. againn againne
2d person pl. agaibh agaibhse
3d person pl. acu acusan
Descendants
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  • → Yola: ug

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Kaingang

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ag

  1. they; them (masculine)

Particle

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ag

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

Korlai Creole Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese água.

Noun

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ag

  1. water

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *agos (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵʰós. Compare Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Sanskrit अही (ahī́).

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Noun

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ag n

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

Inflection

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Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative agN agN aigeL
Vocative agN agN aigeL
Accusative agN agN aigeL
Genitive aigeL aige aigeN
Dative aigL aigib aigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: agh
  • Scottish Gaelic: agh ‘heifer’

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ag
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-ag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Parauk

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ag

  1. crossbow (bow).
  2. arrow.

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ag

  1. carbuncle, ulcer, tumor.

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Old Norse eggja.

Noun

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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

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Verb

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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

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Verb

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

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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /aɡ/

Etymology 1

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Contraction of aig

Particle

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ag

  1. Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.
    Bha Seumas ag obair. ― James was working.
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  • This is the form used before a vowel. Before consonants it contracts to a'. The sole exception is ag ràdh (“saying”).

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ag m (genitive singular agaig or aig, no plural)

  1. doubt
  2. hesitation

Verb

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

  1. hesitate
  2. doubt

Mutation

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Mutation of ag
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ag n-ag h-ag t-ag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”).

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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

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Declension of ag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ag ags
definite agen agens
plural indefinite agar agars
definite agarna agarnas

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Volapük

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Interjection

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ag!

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

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Welsh (h)ac ‘and’, from Proto-Brythonic *atkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ét-kʷe (compare Breton hag and Cornish hag); identical to Latin atque. Doublet of Welsh ac.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ag

  1. with (used before vowels)

Usage notes

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

Wolof

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Preposition

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ag

  1. with
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