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Greek
Etymology 1
From Byzantine Greek ἀμμέ (ammé) < ἀμμή (ammḗ) from the ancient phrase ἄν μή (án mḗ, “if not, if then”).
Pronunciation
Particle
αμ • (am)
- (intensifies opposition, used in set phrases)
Αμ δεν πρόκειται να έρθω!- Am den prókeitai na értho!
- Absolutely not, I will not come
- (introducting further negative statement): (and, also, neither, nor)
Αμ δεν έχεις λεφτά, αμ θέλεις και μεγαλεία.- Am den écheis leftá, am théleis kai megaleía.
- On the one hand you do not have any money, on the other, you pursue the high life.
- αμ δε (am de, “absolutely not”)
- αμ πώς; (am pós;, “of course”) (ironic, by interrogation)
- αμέ (amé, “surely, of course, by all means”)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /astɾonomiˈci moˈnaða/
Noun
αμ • (am) f
- (physics, informal) Abbreviation of αστρονομική μονάδα (astronomikí monáda, “au, astronomical unit”).