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án

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of án – see 按 (“to push; to press; to put aside; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 按).
For pronunciation and definitions of án – see 俺 (“prefix for kinship terms., etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 俺).

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse án, ón, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈauːn/
  • Rhymes: -auːn
  • IPA(key): /ˈaun/ (when forming a phonetic unit with an unaccented pronoun, e.g. án þess (“without it”): IPA(key): /ˈaun.ðɛs/)

Preposition

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án

  1. without [with genitive]
    Mig langar í bollu, þó án rjómans!
    I want a bolla, but without the cream!
    Litli frændi minn knúsaði mig í tíu mínútur án þess að segja stakt orð.
    My little cousin hugged me for ten minutes without saying a single word.

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Irish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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án (genitive singular masculine áin, genitive singular feminine áine, plural ána, comparative áine)

  1. bright, brilliant
  2. splendid, noble

Declension

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Declension of án
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative án án ána
vocative áin ána
genitive áne ána án
dative án án;
áin (archaic) 		ána
Comparative níos áne
Superlative is áne

Mutation

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Mutated forms of án
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
án n-án hán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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án (an2, Zhuyin ㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啽
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犳
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玵
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝹
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雸
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝻

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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án f (genitive áine)

  1. verbal noun of aigid

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ánL — —
vocative ánL — —
accusative áinN — —
genitive áineH — —
dative áinL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of án
radical lenition nasalization
án
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-án

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢ (*anu), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Preposition

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án

  1. without [with genitive or dative or accusative]

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: án
  • Faroese: ón
  • → Middle English: *on, on-

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “án”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 35; also available at the Internet Archive

Tày

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴮ (“to recite”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ອ່ານ (ʼān), Tai Dam ꪮ꪿ꪱꪙ, Lü ᦀᦱᧃᧈ (˙ʼaan¹), Shan ဢၢၼ်ႇ (ʼàan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Thai อ่าน (àan). Compare Khmer អាន (ʼaan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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án (按; 案)

  1. to count (one by one); to number; to enumerate
    Mí chắc kỉ lai, án còi.
    Dunno how much, you go count.
    Nòn phồm án vài, nòn ngai án khẩu
    Lie prone to count the buffaloes, lie supine to count the grains

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 案. Compare with Muong ản.

Noun

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án

  1. criminal case
  2. sentence (judicial order for punishment)
  3. (historical) short for án sát
  4. high table with a narrow surface

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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án • (𢭬)

  1. to impede visibility by using the body of something

Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 按.

Verb

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án

  1. (dated, chiefly in compounds) to camp or station troops in one place
Derived terms
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Anagrams

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