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anns

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English

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Noun

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anns

  1. plural of ann

Anagrams

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Extension of san with ann (in it, there), compare ann an from ann (in it, there) + an (in).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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anns (+ dative)

  1. the form of (ann) an, am (in) used before definite article: in
    Tha iad a' fuireach anns a' bhaile.They live in the town.
    Thachair sin anns an naoitheamh linn deug.That happened in the nineteenth century.
    Tha iad anns na bàtaichean.They are in the boats.

Usage notes

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 220
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 115
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 161

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “anns”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC