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#: {{usex|'''an''' t-uisce|t=the water|lang=ga|inline=1}} |
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#: {{usex|'''an''' bhean|t=the woman|lang=ga|inline=1}} |
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#: {{usex|'''an''' pháiste|t=of the child|lang=ga|inline=1}} |
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#: {{usex|ag '''an''' gcailín/ag '''an''' chailín|t=at the girl|lang=ga|inline=1}} |
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* [[nominative]] [[singular]] [[masculine]] (triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#T-prothesis|''t-''prothesis]] of a vowel, e.g. ''an '''t-'''uisce'' "the water") |
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! Masculine singular |
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* [[nominative]] [[singular]] [[feminine]] (triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]], e.g. ''an '''bh'''ean'' "the woman") |
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! Feminine singular |
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* [[genitive]] [[singular]] [[masculine]] (triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]], e.g. ''an '''ph'''áiste'' "of the child") |
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! Plural |
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* [[dative]] [[singular]] [[masculine]] and [[feminine]] (triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis|eclipsis]] or [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]] depending on dialect, e.g. ''ag an '''gc'''ailín''/''ag an '''ch'''ailín'' "at the girl") |
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! Nominative/accusative |
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====Related terms==== |
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| [[an]]<sup>T</sup> |
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| [[an]]<sup>L</sup> |
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! Genitive |
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| [[an]]<sup>L</sup> |
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| {{l|ga|na}}<sup>H</sup> |
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| {{l|ga|na}}<sup>N</sup> |
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! Dative |
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| (ag) [[an]]<sup>DM</sup> |
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| (ag) [[an]]<sup>DF</sup> |
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| {{l|ga|na}}<sup>H</sup> |
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| colspan=4 | DF: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis|eclipsis]] or [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]] depending on dialect; no lenition of ''d, t''; changes ''s'' to ''ts'' (pronounced like ''t'')<br/>DM: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis|eclipsis]] or [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]] depending on dialect; no lenition of ''d, t, s''<br/>H: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#H-prothesis|''h''-prothesis]]<br/>L: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Lenition|lenition]] except of ''d, t''; changes ''s'' to ''ts'' (pronounced like ''t'')<br/>N: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis|eclipsis]]<br/>T: triggers [[Appendix:Irish mutations#T-prothesis|''t-''prothesis]] of a vowel |
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Revision as of 16:03, 24 August 2012
See also: Appendix:Variations of "an" and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes
English
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/æn/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-an.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "æn" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- (unstressed)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ən/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-an-unstressed.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "in" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (in some accents)
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) ān.
Article
an
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Form, used before a vowel sound," is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Usage notes
Main appendix: English articles#Indefinite articles
- The article (deprecated template usage) an is used before vowel sounds, and (deprecated template usage) a before consonant sounds.
- The various article senses of (deprecated template usage) a, all are senses of (deprecated template usage) an.
Translations
indefinite article
|
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) an
Conjunction
an
- Template:archaic If, so long as.
- An it please you, my lord.
- Template:archaic as if; as though.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Translations
if; so long as
Etymology 3
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Georgian.
Noun
an (plural ans)
Etymology 4
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English preposition (deprecated template usage) an/(deprecated template usage) on.
Preposition
an
- In each; to or for each; per.
- I was only going twenty miles an hour.
Usage notes
- This is the same as the word a in such contexts, modified because of preceding an unpronounced h. The train was speeding along at a mile a minute.
Synonyms
Translations
in each; to or for each; per
References
- “an”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Statistics
Anagrams
Arin
Noun
an
Aromanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) annus.
Noun
an n (plural anj)
Breton
Article
an
See also
Crimean Tatar
Noun
an
Declension
Declension of an
| nominative | an |
|---|---|
| genitive | anniñ |
| dative | ange |
| accusative | anni |
| locative | ande |
| ablative | anden |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Danish
Verb
an
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) imperative of ane
Elfdalian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dlc" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) hann. Cognate with Swedish (deprecated template usage) han.
Pronoun
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dlc" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
French
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Fr-an.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): [ɑ̃]
Noun
an m (plural ans)
- A year.
Synonyms
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) ana.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "De-an.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Preposition
an (with an accusative or dative case object)
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with a location in the dative case" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. on; upon; at; in; against
- Das Bild hängt an der Wand. — “The picture hangs on the wall.”
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with a time in the dative case" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. on; in
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with a dative case object" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. by; near; close to; next to
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with a dative case object" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. by means of; by
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with an accusative case object" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. on; onto
- Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. — “I hang the picture on the wall.”
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with an accusative case object" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. at; against
- Schauen Sie an die Tafel. — “Look at the blackboard.”
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "with an accusative case object" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. to; for
Usage notes
- The preposition (deprecated template usage) an is used with an object in the accusative case if it indicates movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with the dative case if it indicates a location.
- When followed by the masculine article in the dative case (i.e. (deprecated template usage) dem), the two words contract to (deprecated template usage) am and for the neuter article in the accusative case (i.e. (deprecated template usage) das), the two words contract to (deprecated template usage) ans.
Adverb
an
Gothic
Romanization
an
- (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌰𐌽
Guernésiais
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-grn" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) annus.
Noun
Haitian Creole
Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) un.
Article
an
Usage notes
Use this word when:
- It modifies a singular noun, and
- It is preceded by a word that ends with either:
See also
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) an
Noun
an
Synonyms
Irish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) in.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): [ənˠ]; between consonants [ə]
Article
an
- the
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
Declension
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative/accusative | anT | anL | naH |
| Genitive | anL | naH | naN |
| Dative | (ag) anDM | (ag) anDF | naH |
| DF: triggers eclipsis or lenition depending on dialect; no lenition of d, t; changes s to ts (pronounced like t) DM: triggers eclipsis or lenition depending on dialect; no lenition of d, t, s H: triggers h-prothesis L: triggers lenition except of d, t; changes s to ts (pronounced like t) N: triggers eclipsis T: triggers t-prothesis of a vowel | |||
Particle
an (interrogative)
- Used to form direct and indirect questions; triggers eclipsis; takes the dependent form (when available) of irregular verbs.
- An bhfuil tú ag éisteacht? – "Are you listening?"
- Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé anseo – "I don't know if/whether he is here"
Japanese
Noun
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "hira" is not used by this template.
- 案: plan, scheme
- 餡: bean paste
Latin
Etymology
The etymology of an is very obscure.
Conjunction
an (interrogative)
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "introduces questions expecting negative answer or further question" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. can it be that
- An refert, ubi et in qua arrigas?
- Does it make any difference to me who made you horny, or when?
- An refert, ubi et in qua arrigas?
- whether
- or, either
- Vide utrum vis an...
- Consider whether you want to or...
- Vide utrum vis an...
Usage notes
- Used with (deprecated template usage) utrum in the construction (deprecated template usage) utrum...an:
- Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.
- I know not what matter it is, whether I come now or after ten years.
- Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Conjunction
an
Preposition
an
Mandarin
Romanization
an
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of ān. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of án. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of ǎn. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of àn.
Usage notes
Middle Dutch
Preposition
an
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Alternative form of ane (sense "on")
Middle English
Preposition
an
Conjunction
an
Occitan
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan (deprecated template usage) an < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) annus.
Noun
an m (plural ans)
Usage notes
- Also used with the verb (deprecated template usage) aver to indicate age
Old English
Etymology
From Template:proto, from Template:proto. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) ān, Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) ēn, Dutch (deprecated template usage) een, Old High German (deprecated template usage) ein (German (deprecated template usage) ein), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) einn (Swedish (deprecated template usage) en), Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin (deprecated template usage) unus, Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Old Irish (deprecated template usage) oen.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ɑːn/
Cardinal number
ān
Usage notes
As in modern English, usage doubles as both a numeral and a pronoun.
Article
ān
Adjective
ān
Derived terms
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS.
Old Irish
Pronoun
an (triggers eclipsis, takes a leniting relative clause)
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Alternative form of a- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, Ml. 112b13
- Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam hua sulib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar hua chluasaib.
- What we see with the eyes is more certain for us than what we hear with the ears.
- Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam hua sulib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar hua chluasaib.
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, Ml. 112b13
Old Provençal
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) annus.
Noun
an m (oblique plural ans, nominative singular ans, nominative plural an)
Old Saxon
Preposition
an
Romanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) annus.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): [an]
Noun
an m (plural ani)
Declension
Declension of an
Derived terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) annus.
Noun
an m (plural ans)
Scots
Conjunction
an
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /an/, /ən/
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) a.
Pronoun
an
Usage notes
- This form of possessive pronoun is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where (deprecated template usage) am is used instead.
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) i.
Preposition
an
Usage notes
- This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where (deprecated template usage) ann am is used instead.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- The following prepositional pronouns:
| Combining
pronoun |
Prepositional
pronoun |
Prepositional
pronoun (emphatic) |
| mi | annam | annamsa |
| tu | annad | annadsa |
| e | ann | annsan |
| i | innte | inntese |
| sinn | annainn | annainne |
| sibh | annaibh | annaibhse |
| iad | annta | anntasan |
Etymology 3
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) in.
Article
an
Usage notes
This is the most common singular form. The most common plural form is (deprecated template usage) na. For other forms and their specific uses, see pages listed in "See also" below.
See also
Swedish
Adverb
an
- used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition (deprecated template usage) an
Related terms
Preposition
an
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) hand.
Noun
an
Turkish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) آن (ʾān).
Noun
an (definite accusative anı, plural anlar)
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 安
Adjective
an
Synonyms
Vilamovian
Conjunction
an
Related terms
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