ap

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of apothecaries'.

Adjective

ap (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of apothecaries' system.

   ap oz

   apothecaries' ounce

Etymology 2

ap

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of appreciate and related forms of that word (appreciating, appreciated, appreciation, appreciative, etc.)

Anagrams

• PA, Pa, Pa., p.a., pa

Albanian

Alternative forms

• jap — Tosk

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-eio/e-, from *h₁ep- (“to take”). The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːp/

Verb

ap (aorist dhashë, participle dhënë) (Gheg)

1. to give

Conjugation

• active voice (same as jap (“to give”), except without )

References

Angguruk Yali

Noun

ap

1. man

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

Chuukese

Interjection

ap

1. Alternative spelling of apw (“no”)

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmuˌpæi̯ʋælːæ/, (usually)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌpeː/, (rarely)
• Rhymes: -æiʋælːæ, -eː
• Syllabification^(key): a‧p

Adverb

ap (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of ap.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌpeː/,
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): a‧p

Noun

ap (informal)

1. Abbreviation of aamupäivä (“morning; hours roughly from the beginning of the working hours to the noon”).

   Synonym: aamupäivä

   Minulla on ap vapaana.

   I have the morning free.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌpeː/,
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): a‧p

Noun

ap

1. Alternative form of AP

Anagrams

• -pa

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French après, from French après.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/

Adverb

ap

1. Indicates the continuous aspect.
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎:

     Dapre Misey Guaido, 2 peyi sa yo ap defann sèlman enterè biznis yo ak Venezuela.

     According to Mr. Guaido, these two countries are only defending their business interests in Venezuela.

2. Indicates a future tense that is relatively certain to happen.

References

• Lefebvre, Claire. "The tense, mood and aspect system of Haitian Creole and the problem of transmission of grammar in creole genesis", Université du Québec à Montréal, 1996

Latvian

Etymology

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Preposition

ap

1. round, around

   Bērni skrien ap galdu. ― Children run around the table.

2. by, near, about
3. about, around

   Viņš atnāca ap pieciem. ― He came around five o'clock.

Synonyms

• apkārt
• apmēram
• aptuveni

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Confer Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm), Persian عمو ('amu), Turkish amca, all with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːp/

Noun

ap m (Arabic spelling ئاپ)

1. paternal uncle (brother of one's father)

   Synonym: mam

Declension

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ap”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 9

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ap

1. imperative of ape

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• abb

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

ap m (genitive apad)

1. (Christianity) abbot
2. (by extension) leader, lord
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 26^a8

     Seiss i tempul amal do·n-essid Críst; ꝉ do·géntar aidchumtach tempuil less, et pridchibid smactu rechto fetarlicce, et gébtit Iudei i n-apid, et ɔ·scéra rect núíadnissi.

     He will sit in the temple as Christ sat; or rebuilding of the temple will be done by him, and he will preach the institutes of the law of the Old Testament, and the Jews will accept him as lord, and he will destroy the law of the New Testament.

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: ab
• Manx: abb
• Scottish Gaelic: aba

Mutation

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Quiripi

Noun

ap

1. (Unquachog) bread

References

• Thomas Jefferson (1791) A vocabulary of the Language of the Unquachog Indians (in Quiripi)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian op, from Proto-West Germanic , from Proto-Germanic *upp. Cognates include West Frisian op and German auf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/
• Hyphenation: ap
• Rhymes: -ap

Preposition

ap (neuter or distal adverb deerap, proximal adverb hierap, interrogative adverb wierap)

1. on
2. onto

Adverb

ap

1. up

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “ap”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *appi.

Noun

ap

1. father-in-law

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “свёкор”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From fab, soft mutation of mab (“son”). Cognate with Breton prefix ab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/
• Rhymes: -ap

Prefix

ap

1. A patronymic indicator; son of.

Usage notes

This form is found before consonants. Before a vowel, the form ab is used.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ap”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Alternative forms

• up

Etymology

From Middle English ap, up, from Old English upp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/, /ʊp/

Adverb

ap

1. up
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:

     A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;

     The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96