an'
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English
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editan'
- (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of and
- She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon.
- The smart girl an' the silly boy.
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editEtymology
editProbably rom Latin (ad) hanc (hōram) (“in this hour”). Akin to Italian anche, Venetian anca.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editan'
- Alternative form of anca (“even, also”)
Scots
editConjunction
editan'
- Alternative form of an
Yola
editConjunction
editan'
- 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
edit- 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
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