ah
[ah]
- (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
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Ah
or a.h.
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A.H.1
- in the year of the Hijra; since the Hijra (a.d. 622).
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Origin of A.H.1
From the New Latin word annō Hejirae
A.H.2
- occurring in a specific year of the Jewish calendar.
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Origin of A.H.2
From the New Latin word annō Hebraico
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Examples from the Web for ah
Contemporary Examples
Ah, gay Paree—the French capital has practically announced its own LGBT friendliness since the Belle Époque.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket ListDecember 12, 2014
The man who would become the most influential fictionalist of the last half of the 20th century cried, “Ah, caramba!”
Ah, yeah, when you said seminar I thought you attended some sort of corporate speech.
Al Pacino Does What He Wants to Do: 'The Humbling,' Scorsese, and That 'Scarface' RemakeAlex Suskind
September 9, 2014
"Ah, that trip with Lance," he said, then glanced down, with those melancholy eyes.
We have moments of self-reflection in our real lives where you think, “Ah, why did I do that?”
Bryan Cranston on Walter White’s Future, Directing ‘Better Call Saul,’ and Hillary 2016Marlow Stern
August 1, 2014
Historical Examples
Ah, they are of their insignificance so loftily unconscious.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Ah, I remember the night I was converted, as if it were yesterday.
Ah, how much is done in the night when we sleep and know nothing!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
It was a strange group in the gray of the new morning—ah, indeed, a new morning for them!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Ah, could I have descended, could I have come down, ere he fled!
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
ah
- an exclamation expressing pleasure, pain, sympathy, etc, according to the intonation of the speaker
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AH
- anno Hegirae
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Word Origin
Latin
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Word Origin and History for ah
mid-15c., an expression of surprise, delight, disgust or pain in nearly all Indo-European languages, but not found in Old English (where the equivalent expression was la!), so perhaps from Old French a "ah!, oh! woe!"
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