ames

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ames"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈa.məs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈa.mes]

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present indicative of amar

Galician

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Kabyle

Root
m-s‎ (filth)
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔməs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aməs/

Verb

ames (verbal noun ammus)

1. to be dirty, to be filthy

   Umsen iḍarren-iw. ― My feet are dirty.

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (“to grasp-”). See also ampla (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.mɛs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.mes]

Noun

ames m (genitive amitis); third declension

1. a pole; a fork for spreading nets

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ames	amitēs
genitive	amitis	amitum
dative	amitī	amitibus
accusative	amitem	amitēs
ablative	amite	amitibus
vocative	ames	amitēs

Descendants

• Galician: andas
• Old Spanish: andes
  • Spanish: andas

Etymology 2

Verb

amēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amō

References

• “ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ames", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ames”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Spanish

Verb

ames

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Tarifit

Root
m-s
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔməs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Nador, Al Hoceima) [ɛ.məs]
• Rhymes: -əs
• Syllabification: a‧mes

Verb

ames (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙ) (ergative)

1. to stain, to soil, to dirty
2. to coat, to apply, to smear

Conjugation

Conjugation of ames

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yamsen yumsen yumisen yettamsen yettimsen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m amseɣ tamsed yames names tamsem amsen f tames tamsent amsent perfective m umseɣ tumsed yumes numes tumsem umsen f tumes tumsent umsent negative perfective m umiseɣ tumised yumis numis tumisem umisen f tumis tumisent umisent imperfective m ttamseɣ tettamsed yettames nettames tettamsem ttamsen f tettames tettamsent ttamsent negative imperfective m ttimseɣ tettimsed yettimes nettimes tettimsem ttimsen f tettimes tettimsent ttimsent aorist imperative m ames amsem, amset f amsent imperfective imperative m ttames ttamsem, ttamset f ttamsent injunctive m namset f namsent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)