pah
See also: PAH
English
editEtymology 1
editImitative of spitting out something disgusting.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editpah
- Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
- Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom:
- She was rarely suffered out of their sight; never went beyond the domains of the castle, unless well attended, or, rather, well watched; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience; and, as to the men—pah! she was taught to hold them at such distance and distrust that, unless properly authorized, she would not have cast a glance upon the handsomest cavalier in the world—no, not if he were even dying at her feet.
Synonyms
edit- See Thesaurus:yuck
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Homophones: pa; par (non-rhotic); paw (cot–caught merger)
Noun
editpah (plural pahs)
See also
editAnagrams
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *pauja, from Proto-Indo-European *pouǐo. Compare Armenian հոգի (hogi, “breath”).
Noun
editpah m
Related terms
editCahuilla
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi.
Numeral
editpáh
Finnish
editEtymology
editCompare French bah. Possibly reinforced by paha.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editpah
Further reading
edit- “pah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Hokkien
editFor pronunciation and definitions of pah – see 百 (“hundred; numerous; countless; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 百). |
Pawnee
edit- Alternative form of paa (“moon”)
Pohnpeian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editpah
Uab Meto
editNoun
editpah
Zou
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpah
References
edit- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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