ån
See also: Appendix:Variations of "an" and Appendix:Variations of "aan"
Istro-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin annus (“year”) (compare Romanian an), from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-nos, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ån m (definite singular ånu)
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian ēn.
Numeral edit
ån m (f, n iinj)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. The -n is probably from the definite form derived from Old Norse accusative singular ána.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ån f
- (dialectal, Valdresmål, Hallingmål, Nissedal and Egdemål) alternative form of å (“river, stream”)
- 1993, John Hemsing, “Stupul'n”, in Heimatt, Fagernes: Valdres forlag, page 22:
- Fjellorgele bruse me' bekkji o æna sine eigne korala […]
- The mountain organ roars with the chorales of creeks and rivers […]
- 1985, Knut Hermundstad, Truer om dyr, page 19:
- Dei sa at når Store-Viken kom til ei ån med so smal klopp at hesten ikkje kunde gå ho, tok Stoke-Viken hesten på akslene og bar han over.
- They said that when big Viken came to a stream with such a narrow bridge that the horse could not walk it, then [he] took the horse on his shoulders and carried it over.
References edit
- “ån”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Swedish edit
Noun edit
ån