ah

Etymology

mid-1400s Old Frankish (replacing English la).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

ah

1. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.

   Ah, I understand now.

   Ah! It's good to be back home!

   Ah, the flowers of spring.

2. A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
   • 2008, Britney Spears, Womanizer (song)

     Boy don't try to front, uh, I
     Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah.

Noun

ah (plural ahs)

1. An instance of the interjection ah.

   the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks

Verb

ah (third-person singular simple present ahs, present participle ahing, simple past and past participle ahed)

1. To give a cry of "ah".
   • 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)

     Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.

Pronoun

ah (personal pronoun, plural we, possessive adjective mah)

1. Eye dialect spelling of I., most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent.

References

• “ah” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• HA, Ha, ha, ha'

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aksa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃esko ‘ash’ (compare Greek οξιά (oxiá, “beech”), Armenian հածի (haci), English ash).

Noun

ah m (indefinite plural ahe, definite singular ahu, definite plural ahet)

1. beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Adverb

ah

1. yes

   Synonym: hohmi

Interjection

ah

1. ah, oh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Interjection

ah

1. ah

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

ah

1. expressing understanding
2. expressing contentment

Further reading

• ah in Duden online

Etymology

Involuntary expression of emotions: surprise, impatience, desire, sadness, refusal.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒx]

Interjection

ah

1. ah
   • 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1

     Ah jó uram, mit láttam én az éjjel!

     Ah, my good lord, what have I seen to-night!

References

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ah/

Interjection

ah

1. ah

References

• ah in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ah in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aχ/

Noun

ah n, f

1. (neuter) wood
2. (feminine) tree

References

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐː/
• Rhymes: -ɐː

Etymology 1

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Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a/
• Homophone: há

Interjection

ah!

1. ah! (expression of relief, realization, awe)
2. ah! (expression of woe, grief)

Verb

ah

1. (intransitive) To be

   Bariis oo macaan ah. ― Rice that is sweet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/
• Homophones: a, ha

Interjection

ah

1. ah (expression of relief, realization, awe)
2. ah (expression of woe, grief)

Further reading

• “ah” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Interjection

ah

1. ah; an expression of relief

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ah/

Noun

ah

1. coral lime (for chewing/eating with betelnut)

Further reading

• Bohuai
• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Interjection

ah

1. oh: expressing of surprise
2. oh: expressing wonder, amazement, or awe
3. oh: expressing understanding, recognition, or realization
4. oh: preceding an offhand or annoyed remark
5. oh: an invocation or address