Wiktionary

at

See also: Appendix:Variations of "at"

EnglishEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).

PrepositionEdit

at

  1. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
    Caesar was at Rome
    at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine
    at Jim’s house
    • 1919, Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "The Life of Cicero", 43 (Bernadotte Perrin, trans.)
      "Hirtius and Pansa, who were good men and admirers of Cicero, begged him not to desert them, and undertook to put down Antony if Cicero would remain at Rome."
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Today my friend Marsha is at her friend's house.
      Audio (US)(file)
  2. (indicating time) Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.
    at six o’clock
    at closing time
    at night
    • 1838, The Family Magazine
      Lafayette was major-general in the American army at the age of 18 […]
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
      Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Hi, Anne. Are you busy? — Hi, Anna. Yes. At 10 a.m. I am writing.
      Audio (US)(file)
  3. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
    He threw the ball at me.
    He shouted at her.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
      “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly.
      Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan.
      “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  5. Denotes a price.
    3 apples at 2¢ (each)
    The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
  6. Occupied in (activity).
    men at work
  7. In a state of.
    She is at sixes and sevens with him.
    They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.
    The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
  8. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
    Sell at 90.
    Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.
    I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
  9. Because of.
    to laugh at a joke
    mad at their comments
  10. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
    • 1995, Richard Klein, Cigarettes are Sublime, →ISBN, page 41:
      [...] to be sold at auction for sixty gold francs.
    • 2012, Sami Moubayed, Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus, →ISBN:
      A few days later, on 1 October, King Hussein opened the Jordanian Parliament by speaking at length about the crisis in Syria,
  11. Holding a given speed or rate.
    It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.
    Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
  12. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
    The twins were both bad at chemistry.
    He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
    • 2015, Sanyan Stories: Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection, →ISBN, page 157:
      She's good at playing musical instruments, singing and dancing, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
  13. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
    • 1995 Keith Wood, quoted in David Hughes, "Wood odds-on to take one against the head", in The Independent (London) 18 January:
      I think 'Jesus, my back is at me'. Then I get the ball. Off you go for 10 yards and you don't feel a thing. Then you stop and think: `Jesus, it's at me again'[.]
    • 2014 Marian Keyes "Antarctic Diary - Part 2" personal website (January 2014):
      He seems to be saying. “Ah, go on, you’re making the other lads feel bad.” But the 4th fella says, “No. Don’t be ‘at’ me. I’m just not in the form right now, I’ll stay where I am, thanks.”
  14. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance) (also as at; before dates) On a particular date.
    • n.d., quoted in Longmans Business Dictionary:
      balance as at 20th March 1999
Usage notesEdit
  • He threw the ball to me — (so I could catch it).
  • He threw the ball at me — (trying to hit me with it).
  • He talked to her — (conversationally).
  • He shouted at her — (aggressively).
TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

at (plural ats)

  2. The at sign (@).
TranslationsEdit
at sign — see at sign

VerbEdit

at (third-person singular simple present ats, present participle atting, simple past and past participle atted)

  1. (informal, neologism) Rare form of @; to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
    • 2022: William Morris, Motley Vision
      If you have questions or observations on my discussion questions, feel free to reply to this email, at me on Twitter, or comment on the companion post on AMV.
Usage notesEdit

Chiefly used in the phrase "don't @ me"/"don't at me". It can be used humorously when stated after an unpopular or ironic opinion, to forestall dissent.

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

at

  1. (Northern England, rare, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of 'at (relative pronoun; reduced form of "that" and/or "what")
    • 1860, Robert Gordon Latham, Song of Solomon, as spoken in Durham [by Thomas Moore], in A hand-book of the English language:
      Tak us t' foxes, t' little foxes at spoils t' veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

at (plural ats or at)

  1. Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit)

AnagramsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic ат
Perso-Arabic آت‎

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).[1]

NounEdit

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
DeclensionEdit
    Declension of at
singular plural
nominative at
 atlar
definite accusative atı
 atları
dative ata
 atlara
locative atda
 atlarda
ablative atdan
 atlardan
definite genitive atın
 atların
    Possessive forms of at
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atım atlarım
sənin (“your”) atın atların
onun (“his/her/its”) atı atları
bizim (“our”) atımız atlarımız
sizin (“your”) atınız atlarınız
onların (“their”) atı or atları atları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atımı atlarımı
sənin (“your”) atını atlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) atını atlarını
bizim (“our”) atımızı atlarımızı
sizin (“your”) atınızı atlarınızı
onların (“their”) atını or atlarını atlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atıma atlarıma
sənin (“your”) atına atlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) atına atlarına
bizim (“our”) atımıza atlarımıza
sizin (“your”) atınıza atlarınıza
onların (“their”) atına or atlarına atlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atımda atlarımda
sənin (“your”) atında atlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) atında atlarında
bizim (“our”) atımızda atlarımızda
sizin (“your”) atınızda atlarınızda
onların (“their”) atında or atlarında atlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atımdan atlarımdan
sənin (“your”) atından atlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) atından atlarından
bizim (“our”) atımızdan atlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) atınızdan atlarınızdan
onların (“their”) atından or atlarından atlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) atımın atlarımın
sənin (“your”) atının atlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) atının atlarının
bizim (“our”) atımızın atlarımızın
sizin (“your”) atınızın atlarınızın
onların (“their”) atının or atlarının atlarının

See alsoEdit

Chess pieces in Azerbaijani · şahmat fiquru (layout · text)
           
şah vəzir top fil at piyada

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ăt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further readingEdit

  • “at” in Obastan.com.

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

at

  1. second-person singular imperative of atmaq

Bikol CentralEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Tagalog at.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. (Daet) and
    Synonyms: asin, saka, buda, sagkod, nan, tapos

ChuukeseEdit

NounEdit

at

  1. boy

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian at. Probably from Proto-Germanic *þat, a demonstrative pronoun used as a conjunction; compare English that, German dass, Dutch dat.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ad/, [æ(d̥)], [æ(t)]

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. that (introduces a noun clause functioning as the subject, object or predicative of a verb, or as the object of a prepositional phrase)
  2. (archaic) that, in order that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the purpose)
    • 1856, Christian Winther, Hr. Peder Jernskjæg, from Hjortens Flugt / https://kalliope.org/da/text/winther2018100610:
      Og Hjorten vil jeg fange, | At Korset jeg kan faae.
      And the deer, I will catch, that I may win the cross.
    • 1987, Thomas Bruun, Et paradisisk blik. Humoresker og grotesker:
      det er helvedes svært, at du bare ved det.
      it is damned difficult, just that you know it.
    Synonym: for at
  3. that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
    Synonyms: så at, således at
  4. that, why (introducing an independent clause, expressing passion, surprise, anger, or joy)
  5. (proscribed) added pleonastically to other conjunctions:fordi at,hvis at,når at
    • 2009, Frank Colding, Sejleren, p. 32 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=HCNperkZeKIC&pg=PA32:
      Forbavset aner min forstand, | at denne scenes sære magt | kun begribes, hvis at man | bevæger sig i dansetakt.
      Astonished, my mind senses that the strange power of this scene can only be understood if one moves in dance steps.

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse at, cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian å. Originally the same word as the preposition Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at, cognate with English at. Doublet of ad). In the West Germanic languages, a different preposition, *tō (“to”), serves as the infinitive marker, cf English to, German zu, Dutch te.

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

at

  1. to (infinitive-marker, obligatory when the infinitive functions as noun phrase or an adverbial phrase, but omitted when it is governed by a modal verb)
    Det er menneskeligt at fejle.
    It is human to fail.
  2. introducing an adverb of direction after a phrase that normally governs an infinitive (which may be understood elliptically)
    • 1992, Thøger Birkeland, Bette Nielses krig:
      Mon de da ikke snart skulle til at hjemad!
      Aren't they going to go home soon!

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

at

  1. singular past indicative of eten
  2. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of atten
  3. imperative of atten

Eastern Durango NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

at

  1. water

EgyptianEdit

RomanizationEdit

at

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥt.

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse at.

PrepositionEdit

at

  1. (with dative) at, towards, to

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse at (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”). Cognate with Middle English at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun), Scots at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun). More at that.

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. that

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, to”). More at at.

ParticleEdit

at

  1. to A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.
    At lyfta. ― To lift

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin actus. Cognate with Italian atto.

NounEdit

at m (plural ats)

  1. act, action, deed

Related termsEdit

GermanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English at.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at n (strong, genitive at, plural ats)

  1. at, at-sign
    Synonyms: at-Zeichen, Klammeraffe

Etymology 2Edit

SymbolEdit

at

  1. (dated, physics) Symbol for technische Atmosphäre, a non-SI unit of pressure used until 1978.
    Coordinate terms: atü, Pascal

Further readingEdit

  • “at” in Duden online
  • “at” in Duden online
  • “at” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

at

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍄

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at n (genitive singular ats, nominative plural öt)

  1. fight

DeclensionEdit

declension of at
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative at atið öt ötin
accusative at atið öt ötin
dative ati atinu ötum ötunum
genitive ats atsins ata atanna

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

NounEdit

at m (genitive singular as substantive ait, genitive as verbal noun ata, nominative plural atanna)

  1. swelling
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11:
      tā at ə l̄āv m inīnə.
      conventional orthography: Tá at i lámh m’iníne.
      My daughter has a swelling on her hand.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11:
      tā šȧxt n-at i n-ə wunāl.
      conventional orthography: Tá seacht n-at ina mhuineál.
      He has seven swellings on his neck.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11:
      kiŕ də lāv ə n̄-isḱə leš n̥ t-at ə wȳlū.
      conventional orthography: Cuir do lámh in uisce leis an t-at a maolú.
      Put your hand in water to reduce the swelling.
  2. verbal noun of at
DeclensionEdit
Declension of at

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative at atanna
Vocative a ait a atanna
Genitive ait atanna
Dative at atanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-at na hatanna
Genitive an ait na n-atanna
Dative leis an at

don at

leis na hatanna

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, v), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

VerbEdit

at (present analytic atann, future analytic atfaidh, verbal noun at, past participle ata)

  1. (intransitive) swell
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11:
      tā ə h-ēdn̥ atī.
      conventional orthography: Tá a héadan ataithe.
      Her face is swollen.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11:
      tā mə lāv atī.
      conventional orthography: Tá mo lámh ataithe.
      My hand is swollen.
    Synonym: borr
  2. (intransitive) bloat
  3. (intransitive, of sea) heave
ConjugationEdit
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ataim atann tú;
atair†		 atann sé, sí ataimid atann sibh atann siad;
ataid†		 a atann; a atas /
a n-atann*; a n-atas* 		atar
past d'at mé; d'atas /
at mé‡; atas‡ 		d'at tú; d'atais /
at tú; atais‡ 		d'at sé, sí /
at sé, sí‡ 		d'atamar; d'at muid /
atamar; at muid‡ 		d'at sibh; d'atabhair /
at sibh;
atabhair‡ 		d'at siad; d'atadar /
at siad; atadar‡ 		a d'at /
ar at* 		atadh;
hatadh†
past habitual d'atainn /
atainn‡; n-atainn‡‡ 		d'atá /
atá‡; n-atᇇ 		d'atadh sé, sí /
atadh sé, sí‡; n-atadh sé, s퇇 		d'ataimis; d'atadh muid /
ataimis; atadh muid‡; n-ataimis‡‡; n-atadh muid‡‡ 		d'atadh sibh /
atadh sibh‡; n-atadh sibh‡‡ 		d'ataidís; d'atadh siad /
ataidís; atadh siad‡; n-ataidís‡‡; n-atadh siad‡‡ 		a d'atadh /
a n-atadh* 		d'ataí /
ataí‡; n-ata퇇
future atfaidh mé;
atfad 		atfaidh tú;
atfair†		 atfaidh sé, sí atfaimid;
atfaidh muid 		atfaidh sibh atfaidh siad;
atfaid†		 a atfaidh; a atfas /
a n-atfaidh*; a n-atfas* 		atfar
conditional d'atfainn / atfainn‡; n-atfainn‡‡ d'atfá / atfá‡; n-atfᇇ d'atfadh sé, sí / atfadh sé, sí‡; n-atfadh sé, s퇇 d'atfaimis; d'atfadh muid / atfaimis‡; atfadh muid‡; n-atfaimis‡‡; n-atfadh muid‡‡ d'atfadh sibh / atfadh sibh‡; n-atfadh sibh‡‡ d'atfaidís; d'atfadh siad / atfaidís‡; atfadh siad‡; n-atfaidís‡‡; n-atfadh siad‡‡ a d'atfadh /
a n-atfadh* 		d'atfaí / atfaí‡; n-atfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-ata mé;
go n-atad†		 go n-ata tú;
go n-atair†		 go n-ata sé, sí go n-ataimid;
go n-ata muid 		go n-ata sibh go n-ata siad;
go n-ataid†		 — go n-atar
past dá n-atainn dá n-atá dá n-atadh sé, sí dá n-ataimis;
dá n-atadh muid 		dá n-atadh sibh dá n-ataidís;
dá n-atadh siad 		— dá n-ataí
imperative ataim at atadh sé, sí ataimis ataigí;
ataidh†		 ataidís — atar
verbal noun at
past participle ata

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

  • Alternative past participle: ataithe

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
at n-at hat not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin actus.

NounEdit

at m (plural ac)

  1. act
  2. action
  3. work

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. introduces a different but not completely opposing thought. but, yet, moreover
  2. whereas

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • "at", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "at", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • at in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

LivonianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

at

  1. 3rd person plural present indicative form of vȱlda

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English æt, from Proto-Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

at

  1. at
DescendantsEdit
  • English: at
  • Scots: at
  • Yola: adh, ad
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse at.

ParticleEdit

at

  1. (Northern, northern East Midlands) to (infinitive-marker)
ReferencesEdit

Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of at – see 遏 (“to snap something off; to break something; etc.”).
(This character, at, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 遏.)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. that

ReferencesEdit

“at” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. that

ReferencesEdit

“at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • it (second-person singular)
  • ata (third-person plural relative)

PronunciationEdit

  • (second-person singular): IPA(key): /at/
  • (third-person plural relative): IPA(key): /ad/

VerbEdit

at

  1. inflection of is:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative relative

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *atǭ. Related to Old English etja.

NounEdit

at n (genitive ats, plural ǫt)

  1. conflict, fight, battle
DeclensionEdit
  Declension of at (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative at atit ǫt ǫtin
accusative at atit ǫt ǫtin
dative ati atinu ǫtum ǫtunum
genitive ats atsins ata atanna
DescendantsEdit
  • Icelandic: at

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”). Cognate with Old English þæt, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Doublet of þat; for similar loss of þ- compare an from Proto-Germanic *þan.

ConjunctionEdit

at

  2. that
  3. since, because, as
DescendantsEdit
  • Icelandic: að
  • Faroese: at
  • Swedish: att
  • Danish: at

Etymology 3Edit

From Proto-Germanic *at (“at, to”). Cognate with Old English æt, Old Frisian et, Old Saxon at, Old High German az, Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at).

ParticleEdit

at

  1. to (infinitive particle)
DescendantsEdit
  • Icelandic: að
  • Faroese: at
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: å
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: å
  • Swedish: att
  • Danish: at

PrepositionEdit

at

  1. at, to
DescendantsEdit
  • Icelandic: að
  • Faroese: at
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åt
  • Old Swedish: at, āt
  • Old Danish: at
    • Danish: ad
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ad

ReferencesEdit

  • "at", in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PipilEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl ātl (“water”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at (plural ahat)

  1. water
    Xiconi chopi at
    Drink some water
  2. rain
    Axcan huetzi at
    Today it's raining
  3. river
    Nemi ne tacat itempan ne at
    The man is on the riverbank

Derived termsEdit

  • -ayo (“soup, broth; juice; liquid”)

PnarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Khasian *ʔa:t, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *as ~ ʔəs. Cognate with Khasi at, Riang [Sak] ʔas¹, Nyaheun ʔaːjh, Pacoh ayh, Semai as.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

at

  1. to swell

PochutecEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa-ta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

SalarEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Turkic *at.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Chahandusi, Ejia, Daowei, Hanbahe, Jiezi, Gaizi, Ashnu, Hualong, Jishi, Mengda, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [ɑtʰ], [atʰ], [ɑʰtʰ]
  • (Dazhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ɑt͡s], [ɑt͡sʰ]
  • (Jiezi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ɑʒʰ]
  • (Chahandusi, Jiezi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ɑːtʰ]
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ˀɑ̥tʼ][1]
  • (Mengda, Tashapo, Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ɑ̥tʰ][2]

NounEdit

at

  1. horse

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “at”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, page 5
  2. ^ She, Xiu Cun (2015), “at”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research], China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN, page 44, 292
  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “ат”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “at”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 296
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “at”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 22
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “at”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 263
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “at”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 47

Etymology 2Edit

Cognate with Azerbaijani atmaq.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Ashnu, Hualong, Dazhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [ɑtʰ], [ɑʰ]

VerbEdit

at

  1. to shoot
    Synonym: vur

ReferencesEdit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “at”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 296
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “at”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 22
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “at”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 288
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “at”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 47

ScotsEdit

PrepositionEdit

at

  1. at

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish att.

NounEdit

at m

  1. swelling, tumour
  2. protuberance, prominence
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, v), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

VerbEdit

at (past dh'at, future ataidh, verbal noun at or atadh, past participle athte)

  1. swell, fester, puff up, become tumid
  2. swell, as in the sea

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
at n-at h-at t-at
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

SelaruEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

at

  1. four

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آت (at).

NounEdit

at m (Cyrillic spelling ат)

  1. steed
  2. Arabian (horse)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of at
singular plural
nominative at ati / atovi / atlari
genitive ata ata / atova / atlara
dative atu atima / atovima / atlarima
accusative ata ate / atove / atlare
vocative ate ati / atovi / atlari
locative atu atima / atovima / atlarima
instrumental atom atima / atovima / atlarima

Derived termsEdit

SimeulueEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

at

  1. four

TagalogEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • 't – after words ending with vowel

EtymologyEdit

Compare Pangasinan ta (“because”) and tan (“and”), and Remontado Agta at (“and; because”).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)

  1. and
    Synonym: saka
  2. as; for; because
    Synonyms: dahil, kasi
    Bilisan mo at ako'y aalis na.
    Do it faster as I'm leaving soon.

Derived termsEdit

TlingitEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): [ʔʌ̀tʰ]

PronounEdit

at

  1. fourth-person non-human object pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something")
  2. fourth-person non-human possessive pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something's")

Derived termsEdit

Tocharian BEdit

EtymologyEdit

An apocopated form of ate (“id”)

AdverbEdit

at

  1. away

Further readingEdit

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “at”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 9

Torres Strait CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English heart.

NounEdit

at

  1. heart

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Ottoman Turkish آت (at, “horse”), from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَتْ (at, “horse”), Old Turkic 𐱃 (t¹ /at/, “horse”).

NounEdit

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

  1. (zoology) horse
  2. (chess) knight
DeclensionEdit
Inflection
Nominative at
Definite accusative atı
Singular Plural
Nominative at atlar
Definite accusative atı atları
Dative ata atlara
Locative atta atlarda
Ablative attan atlardan
Genitive atın atların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular atım atlarım
2nd singular atın atların
3rd singular atı atları
1st plural atımız atlarımız
2nd plural atınız atlarınız
3rd plural atları atları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular atımı atlarımı
2nd singular atını atlarını
3rd singular atını atlarını
1st plural atımızı atlarımızı
2nd plural atınızı atlarınızı
3rd plural atlarını atlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular atıma atlarıma
2nd singular atına atlarına
3rd singular atına atlarına
1st plural atımıza atlarımıza
2nd plural atınıza atlarınıza
3rd plural atlarına atlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular atımda atlarımda
2nd singular atında atlarında
3rd singular atında atlarında
1st plural atımızda atlarımızda
2nd plural atınızda atlarınızda
3rd plural atlarında atlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular atımdan atlarımdan
2nd singular atından atlarından
3rd singular atından atlarından
1st plural atımızdan atlarımızdan
2nd plural atınızdan atlarınızdan
3rd plural atlarından atlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular atımın atlarımın
2nd singular atının atlarının
3rd singular atının atlarının
1st plural atımızın atlarımızın
2nd plural atınızın atlarınızın
3rd plural atlarının atlarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular atım atlarım
2nd singular atsın atlarsın
3rd singular at
attır 		atlar
atlardır
1st plural atız atlarız
2nd plural atsınız atlarsınız
3rd plural atlar atlardır
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

at

  1. second-person singular imperative of atmak

Further readingEdit

  • at in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

TurkmenEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at (definite accusative ady, plural atlar)

  1. horse
DeclensionEdit
Declension of at
singular plural
nominative at atlar
accusative ady atlary
genitive adyň atlaryň
dative ada atlara
locative atda atlarda
ablative atdan atlardan

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐱃 (āt, “name”), Chuvash ят (jat, “name”), Turkish ad.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at (definite accusative ady, plural atlar)

  1. name
DeclensionEdit
Declension of at
singular plural
nominative at atlar
accusative aty atlary
genitive atyň atlaryň
dative ata atlara
locative atda atlarda
ablative atdan atlardan

VolapükEdit

DeterminerEdit

at

  1. (demonstrative) this

WakhiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Yagnobi ашт (ašt).

NumeralEdit

at

  1. eight

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of Old Welsh ad (alongside the now-obsolete add), from Proto-Celtic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

at (triggers soft mutation)

  1. to, towards
  2. for
  3. at
  4. by

InflectionEdit

Personal forms
Singular Plural
First person ata i aton ni
Second person atat ti atoch chi
Third person ato fe/fo m
ati hi f 		atyn nhw

West FrisianEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. if
    Synonym: as

Further readingEdit

  • “at”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at

  1. man
  2. male
  3. husband

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

WolofEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

at (definite form at mi)

  1. year

YolaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English that, from Old English þæt, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Alternative formsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

at

  1. that, which

DeterminerEdit

at

  1. that

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan.

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

at (second-person singular eighthest, present participle atheen)

  1. to eat, ate
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Ich at mee dhree meales.
      I ate my three meals.

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 23
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=at&oldid=72183220"