agam

See also: agám and ağam

Irish

Alternative forms

’am

Etymology

From Middle Irish ocum, acum, icum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəmˠ/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɑmˠ/, /əˈɣɑmˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡəmˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəmˠ/

Pronoun

agam (emphatic agamsa)

first-person singular of ag: at me

References

“oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 88.
Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
"agam" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 94.

Latin

Verb

agam

first-person singular future active indicative of agō
first-person singular present active subjunctive of agō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ocum, acum, icum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.kəm/

Pronoun

agam

first-person singular of aig: at me
Chan eil obair agam. ― I don't have a job. (literally A job is not at me.)

Derived terms

agamsa

References

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

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