ám
- (giving emphasis)truly,so
- (introduces contradiction, used at the end of a phrase)
- (introduces a surprising claim)
- Used like an interjection. Slightly poetic.
ám
- (higher register)but(indicates contradiction or restriction, likebár)
- Synonym:ámde
- ám in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
- ám in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).
Inflection ofá.
ám f
- indefinitedativeplural ofá
Inflection ofær.
ám f
- indefinitedativeplural ofær
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ám
- dativeplural ofá
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ám
- dativeplural ofær
ám (Nôm form喑)
- Indicates pieces, sips or a mouthful of something
- ám chin ―piece of food
- ám khẩu ―piece of rice
- ám nặm ―sip of water
- ám thương ―piece of sugar
- ám nựa ―piece of meat
- ám ỉ ―smallpiece
- place;spot;site
- ám đin ―plot (of land)
- ám tỉ ―thatplace
- Lương Bèn (2011),Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910),Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary][3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
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ám
- (cooking) a dish of whole poached fish served with vegetables and dipping fish sauce
Sino-Vietnamese word from暗(“dark”).
ám
- (only in compound)clandestine
ám
- (of soot or smoke) toaccumulativelystain overtime
- (occult) tohaunt
- (occult) topossess
- bị maám ―to be possessed by a ghost