ajn
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German ein, as in irgendein.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
ajn
- used with ki- and i- correlatives to generalize them, meaning -ever/-soever or any/at all
- kio (“what”) → kio ajn (“whatever”)
- kiu (“who”) → kiu ajn (“whoever”)
- ie (“somewhere”) → ie ajn (“anywhere”)
- io (“something”) → io ajn (“anything”)
- Li kredos kian ajn senkulpigon kiun iu ajn donos al li.
- He’ll believe whatever kind of excuse that anyone at all gives him.
- iu (“someone”) → iu ajn (“anyone”)
Derived termsEdit
GutnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Icelandic einn, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.
NumeralEdit
ajn m (feminine ain, neuter ajtt)
- one; the cardinal number before tvair (“two”).
- accusative masculine singular of ajn
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AJN”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 3
WestrobothnianEdit
| < 0 | 1 | 2 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : ajn Ordinal : föösjt | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Icelandic einn, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.
NumeralEdit
ajn m (feminine ain, neuter ajtt)
- one; the cardinal number before to (“two”).
- accusative masculine singular of ajn
Derived termsEdit
PronounEdit
ajn
ReferencesEdit
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AJN”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 3