án

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Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of án – see (“to push; to press; to put aside; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of án – see (“prefix for kinship terms., etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse án, ón, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈauːn/
  • Rhymes: -auːn
  • IPA(key): /ˈaun/ (when forming a phonetic unit with an unaccented pronoun, e.g. án þess (without it): IPA(key): /ˈaun.ðɛs/)

Preposition

án

  1. (with genitive) without
    Mig langar í bollu, þó án rjómans!
    I want a bolla, but without the cream!
    Litli frændi minn knúsaði mig í tíu mínútur án þess að segja stakt orð.
    My little cousin hugged me for ten minutes without saying a single word.

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

án (genitive singular masculine áin, genitive singular feminine áine, plural ána, comparative áine)

  1. bright, brilliant
  2. splendid, noble

Declension

Mutation

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

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

án (an2, Zhuyin ㄢˊ)

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

án f (genitive áine)

  1. verbal noun of aigid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ánL
Vocative ánL
Accusative áinN
Genitive áineH
Dative áinL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
án unchanged n-án
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢ (*anu), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Preposition

án

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    (clarification of this definition is needed)
    1. (with genitive)
    2. (with dative)
    3. (with accusative)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: án
  • Faroese: ón
  • Middle English: *on, on-

References

  • án in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːnᴮ (to recite). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ອ່ານ (ʼān), Tai Dam ꪮ꪿ꪱꪙ, ᦀᦱᧃᧈ (˙ʼaan¹), Shan ဢၢၼ်ႇ (ʼàan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Thai อ่าน (àan). Compare Khmer អាន (ʼaan).

Pronunciation

Verb

án ()

  1. to count (one by one); to number; to enumerate
    Nòn phồm án vài, nòn ngai án khẩu
    Lie prone to count the buffaloes, lie supine upwards to count the grains
    度𫠯保
    Tò lồng bấu án khái
    Walking back, can no longer count how many steps taken
    𨀎𪪈開帝𱍭
    Khuốp pi khai đảy ngần án pẻng
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Compare with Muong ản.

Noun

án

  1. criminal case
  2. sentence (judicial order for punishment)

Etymology 2

Verb

án (𢭬)

  1. to impede visibility by using the body of something

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