an'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn/, /ən/, /n̩/

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• Rhymes: -ən

Contraction

an'

1. (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of and

   She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon.

   The smart girl an' the silly boy.

Derived terms

• brideangroom

 

Anagrams

• N.A., N/A, NA, n.a., n/a, na

Lombard

Alternative forms

• anca
• anc

Etymology

Probably rom Latin (ad) hanc (hōram) (“in this hour”). Akin to Italian anche, Venetian anca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ]
  • IPA^(key): [ˈa] (Eastern)

Adverb

an'

1. Alternative form of anca (“even, also”)

Scots

Conjunction

an'

1. Alternative form of an

Yola

Conjunction

an'

1. Alternative form of an (“and”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Greash an' goouness.

     Grace and goodness.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:

     Aar was Thieg, an' Joane, an lhaung Jauane,

     There was Thadee, and John, and long Joan,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43