ag

ag

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

Clipping of agriculture.

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

ag

1. (chiefly in compounds) Agriculture.

   He got his degree from the state ag college.

   • 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, […]

Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ax/

ag

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

• G&A, GA, Ga, Ga.

• IPA^(key): /aχ/

From Dutch acht.

ag (plural agte)

1. esteem

From Dutch achten.

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

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

ag

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

ag

1. Alternative form of agt

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

• IPA^(key): /aɡ/

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

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

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

ag

1. water

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

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

• (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/

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

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.

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

• (preposition): IPA^(key): /ɛɟ/

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

• "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 Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “ag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

ag

1. water

• J. Clancy Clements, The Genesis of a Language: The Formation and Development of Korlai Portuguese, page 94, 1996

From Proto-Celtic *agos (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵHos. Compare Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Sanskrit अही (ahī́).

• IPA^(key): /aɣ/

ag n

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

• “ag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Contraction of aig

ag

1. Used before the verbal noun to form the present participle.

   Bha Seumas ag obair. ― James was working.

• This is the form used before a vowel. Before consonants it contracts to a'. The sole exception is ag ràdh (“saying”).

From Old Swedish ag, agh (“Cladium”)

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)

ag!

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

• â

• IPA^(key): /aɡ/

ag

1. with (used before vowels)

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

ag

1. with