αμ

See also: ΑΜ, Α.Μ., ἄμ, ἅμ', and Appendix:Variations of "am"

Greek

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek ἀμμέ (ammé) < ἀμμή (ammḗ) from the ancient phrase ἄν μή (án mḗ, “if not, if then”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am/

Particle

αμ • (am)

1. (intensifies opposition, used in set phrases)

   Αμ δεν πρόκειται να έρθω!

   Am den prókeitai na értho!

   Absolutely not, I will not come

2. (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.

Related terms

• 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

1. (physics, informal) Abbreviation of αστρονομική μονάδα (astronomikí monáda, “au, astronomical unit”).