an sin

See also: ansin

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) a shin
• (Uist, colloquial) an sineach, a shineach

Etymology

From an sin (literally “in that”). Akin to Irish ansin and Manx ayns shen.

Pronunciation

• (careful speech) IPA^(key): /əɲˈʃin/
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): /əˈʃin/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ənəˈhin/, /ənəˈʃin/

Adverb

an sin

1. there

See also

Scottish Gaelic demonstratives

	pronoun	adverb
proximal	seo	an seo
medial	sin	an sin
distal	siud	an siud

References

• Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 666