amn't

English

Etymology

am +‎ -n’t

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ˈæm(ə)nt/

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /əm(ə)nt/

Verb

amn't

1. (Ireland, Scotland) am not

   "Are you ready for the cold weather?" "No, I amn't."

   "I'm ready to do that. Amn't I?"

   • 1904, Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Song of the Cheerful (but slightly Sarcastic) Jesus:

     If anyone thinks that I amn’t divine,
     He gets no free drinks when I’m making the wine

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, OL 6238267M, ch. 15:

     Amn’t I with you? Amn’t I your girl?

   • 2004 An Coimisinéir Teanga, Frequently Asked Questions

     I phoned a government office but nobody there had any Irish so I couldn't do my business with them in Irish. Amn't I entitled under the Act to conduct business with any Government office in Irish?

   • 2017 November 18, Al Porter, quoted in Patrick Freyne, "Al Porter: ‘After wild sex with a priest, I realised the priesthood was not for me’", The Irish Times:

     Now, I’m very conscious of what I am or amn’t referencing from those eras, and I’m so comfortable with that – being a reinvention of a retro kind of thing.

Related terms

• an’t
• ain’t
• aren’t

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Scots

Contraction

amn’t

1. Contraction of am not.