Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ah
Participle: ahed
Gerund: ahing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ah |
| you | ah |
| he;she;it | ahs |
| we | ah |
| you | ah |
| they | ah |
Perfect
| I | have ahed |
| you | have ahed |
| he;she;it | has ahed |
| we | have ahed |
| you | have ahed |
| they | have ahed |
Past
| I | ahed |
| you | ahed |
| he;she;it | ahed |
| we | ahed |
| you | ahed |
| they | ahed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ahed |
| you | had ahed |
| he;she;it | had ahed |
| we | had ahed |
| you | had ahed |
| they | had ahed |
Future
| I | will ah |
| you | will ah |
| he;she;it | will ah |
| we | will ah |
| you | will ah |
| they | will ah |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ahed |
| you | will have ahed |
| he;she;it | will have ahed |
| we | will have ahed |
| you | will have ahed |
| they | will have ahed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ah |
| you | ah |
| he;she;it | ah |
| we | ah |
| you | ah |
| they | ah |
Perfect
| I | have ahed |
| you | have ahed |
| he;she;it | have ahed |
| we | have ahed |
| you | have ahed |
| they | have ahed |
Imperfect
| I | ahed |
| you | ahed |
| he;she;it | ahed |
| we | ahed |
| you | ahed |
| they | ahed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ahed |
| you | had ahed |
| he;she;it | had ahed |
| we | had ahed |
| you | had ahed |
| they | had ahed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ah |
| you | would ah |
| he;she;it | would ah |
| we | would ah |
| you | would ah |
| they | would ah |
Perfect
| I | would have ahed |
| you | would have ahed |
| he;she;it | would have ahed |
| we | would have ahed |
| you | would have ahed |
| they | would have ahed |
Verbs conjugated like 'ah'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ah'
aah,
ab,
ahh,
ash,
ax,
eh,
oh,
69,
86,
ace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah).
2. Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”).
Sample Sentences
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Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality. [2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir, page 221:]