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  • ah
    ah
    interjection
    (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
  • Ah
    Ah
    abbreviation
  • A.H.
    A.H.
    abbreviation
    in the year of the Hijra; since the Hijra (a.d. 622).
  • AH
    AH
    abbreviation
    anno Hegirae
Synonyms

ah

1 American  
[ah] / ɑ /

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)


Ah 2 American  
Or a.h.

abbreviation

  1. ampere-hour.


A.H. 3 American  
Also anno Hejirae

abbreviation

  1. in the year of the Hijra; since the Hijra (a.d. 622).


A.H. 4 American  
Also anno Hebraico

abbreviation

  1. occurring in a specific year of the Jewish calendar.


AH 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. anno Hegirae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ah 2 British  
/ ɑː /

interjection

  1. an exclamation expressing pleasure, pain, sympathy, etc, according to the intonation of the speaker

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of A.H.3

From New Latin annō Hejirae

Origin of A.H.4

From New Latin annō Hebraico

Example Sentences

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Hwi þenne þu chirche ancre al beo þu iwimplet; openest þah þi neb to weopmones ehe .

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Hwa se wule beon isehen; þah ha atiffi hire nis nawt muche wunder; ah to godes ehnen ha is lufsumre; þe is for þe luue of him; untiffet wið uteN.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Ha wes 35 him sone i hondsald þah hit hire unwil were.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Ah þah seið sum þ̵ hit limpeð to euch wummon cundeliche forte werien wimpel · Nai · wimpel ne heaued clað nowðer ne nempneð hali writ; ah wriheles ane · ower schon beon greate and warme.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Hwa se wule beon isehen; þah ha atiffi hire nis nawt muche wunder; ah to godes ehnen ha is lufsumre; þe is for þe luue of him; untiffet wið uteN.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

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