æ
See also: Æ, æ-, -æ, ӕ, ǽ, ǣ, ᴂ, ᵆ, Appendix:Variations of "a", Appendix:Variations of "e", and Appendix:Variations of "ae"
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TranslingualEdit
PronunciationEdit
IPA (file)
LetterEdit
æ (upper case Æ)
SymbolEdit
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æ
See alsoEdit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Aa Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
- (Variations of letter E): Éé Èè Êê Ḙḙ Ěě Ĕĕ Ẽẽ Ḛḛ Ẻẻ Ėė Ëë Ēē Ȩȩ Ęę ᶒ Ɇɇ Ȅȅ Ếế Ềề Ễễ Ểể Ḝḝ Ḗḗ Ḕḕ Ȇȇ Ẹẹ Ệệ ⱸ ᴇ Ee Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ & Œœ ᵫ
- (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ
- SAMPA equivalent: {
- æ-tensing
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
SymbolEdit
æ (lower case, upper case Æ, plural æs or æ's)
Usage notesEdit
- Mostly used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin, though also used when referencing Old English texts or using recently derived Old English loanwords.
- Uncommon in modern times except in linguistic use.
- Often absent in American English (reduced to e) whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ or /iː/, but sometimes retained (in this form, or as ae) when it has a different sound, as in formulæ/formulae.
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
æ (upper case Æ)
- Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.
InflectionEdit
Declension of æ
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å (Ǻ ǻ)
ReferencesEdit
- “æ” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Danish thæn (Modern Danish den).
ArticleEdit
æ
Further readingEdit
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
æ (upper case Æ)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
æ (lower case, upper case Æ)
- Ligature of the letters a and e
- Synonym: e dans l'a
GermanEdit
SymbolEdit
æ (lower case, upper case Æ)
- Obsolete form of ä (used, alongside other graphemes, until ca. 1700, since then very rarely).
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
æ (upper case Æ)
- The thirty-first letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö
InterjectionEdit
æ
- ah!, oh!
- Æ, já nú man ég! ― Ah, now I remember!
- indicating annoyance
- Æ, hvað heitir lagið aftur? ― Remind me again, what that song's called?
- Æææ, ég er kominn með bólu. ― Darn it, I have a zit.
- indicating compassion; alas
- Æ, það er leitt að heyra. ― That's sad to hear.
- Æ, því miður. ― Unfortunately not.
- indicating affection; aww!
- Æææ, en sætt! ― Aww, how cute!
- indicating pain; ouch!, ow!
Usage notesEdit
Can be arbitrarily lengthened and written as ææ, æææ and so on.
AdverbEdit
æ
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- sí og æ (“always, for ever and ever”)
JutishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
æ
ReferencesEdit
- “æ” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.
LigurianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
æ
- second-person singular present indicative of avéi: you have (singular)
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English ēa, ǣ.
NounEdit
æ
DescendantsEdit
NorwegianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
æ (upper case Æ)
- Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet, coming after Z and before Ø.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant of eg, from Old Norse ek.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
æ (accusative mæ)
See alsoEdit
- fugl (Nynorsk)
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
LetterEdit
ǣ (upper case Æ)
- letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011); Called æsc (“ash tree”) after the Anglo-Saxon ᚫ rune
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiwi. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old High German ēwa ~ ē, Old Saxon ēo.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
ǣ f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of æ
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ǣ | ǣ |
accusative | ǣ | ǣ |
genitive | ǣ | ǣwa |
dative | ǣ | ǣwum |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
ǣ f
Old NorseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”), *aiwaz. Cognate with Old English ā, āwa, ǣ, Old Saxon eo, io, ia, Old High German eo, io.
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
æ (not comparable)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
æ
- inflection of æja:
Old SwedishEdit
LetterEdit
æ
- a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.