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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æ
- (IPA) a near-open front unrounded vowel.
- (superscript ⟨𐞃⟩, IPA) [æ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [æ].
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English edit
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æ (lower case, upper case Æ, plural æs or æ's)
Usage notes edit
- 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.
- 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.
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Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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æ (upper case Æ)
- Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.
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Declension of æ
See also edit
- (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
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- “æ” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish thæn (Modern Danish den).
Article edit
æ
Further reading edit
Faroese edit
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æ (upper case Æ)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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æ (lower case, upper case Æ)
- Ligature of the letters a and e
- Synonym: e dans l’a
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æ (lower case, upper case Æ)
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æ (upper case Æ)
- The thirty-first letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (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
Interjection edit
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 notes edit
Can be arbitrarily lengthened and written as ææ, æææ and so on.
Adverb edit
æ
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- sí og æ (“always, for ever and ever”)
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æ
References edit
- “æ” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.
Kawésqar edit
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æ (upper case Æ)
- A letter of the Kawésqar alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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æ
- second-person singular present indicative of avéi: you have (singular)
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Etymology edit
From Old English ēa, ǣ.
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æ
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æ (upper case Æ)
- Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet, coming after Z and before Ø.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Variant of eg, from Old Norse ek.
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æ (accusative mæ)
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- fugl (Nynorsk)
Old English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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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 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiwi. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old High German ēwa ~ ē, Old Saxon ēo.
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ǣ f
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Declension of æ
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | ǣ | ǣ |
accusative | ǣ | ǣ |
genitive | ǣ | ǣwa |
dative | ǣ | ǣwum |
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ǣ f
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”), *aiwaz. Cognate with Old English ā, āwa, ǣ, Old Saxon eo, io, ia, Old High German eo, io.
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æ (not comparable)
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æ
- inflection of æja:
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æ
- a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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æ
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æ (upper case Æ)