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ан
Abkhaz
Etymology
From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *anǝ́ (“mother”).
Noun
Chuvash
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Particle
ан • (an)
- don't!
- ан кай унта! ― an k̬aj unt̬a! ― Don't go there!
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *ēn-.
Noun
ан • (an)
- to go down, to descend, to come down
- to set (of sun and moon)
- to overflow (to flow over the brim of)
- to go down smoothly (of food)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Turkic *ēn
Noun
ан • (an)
Komi-Permyak
Etymology
From Proto-Permic *aŋ. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian ан (an, “gum”) and Udmurt ан (an, “jaw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ан • (an)
Declension
| Declension of ан (stem: ан-) | |||
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| nominative | ан (an) | аннэз (annez) | |
| accusative | I* | ан (an) | аннэз (annez) |
| II* | анӧс (anös) | аннэзӧс (annezös) | |
| instrumental | анӧн (anön) | аннэзӧн (annezön) | |
| comitative | анкӧт (anköt) | аннэзкӧт (annezköt) | |
| caritive | антӧг (antög) | аннэзтӧг (anneztög) | |
| consecutive | анла (anla) | аннэзла (annezla) | |
| genitive | анлӧн (anlön) | аннэзлӧн (annezlön) | |
| ablative | анлісь (anliś) | аннэзлісь (annezliś) | |
| dative | анлӧ (anlö) | аннэзлӧ (annezlö) | |
| inessive | анын (anyn) | аннэзын (annezyn) | |
| elative | анісь (aniś) | аннэзісь (anneziś) | |
| illative | анӧ (anö) | аннэзӧ (annezö) | |
| egressive | ансянь (anśań) | аннэзсянь (annezśań) | |
| approximative | анлань (anlań) | аннэзлань (annezlań) | |
| terminative | I | анӧдз (anödź) | аннэзӧдз (annezödź) |
| II | анви (anvi) | аннэзви (annezvi) | |
| prolative | анӧт (anöt) | аннэзӧт (annezöt) | |
| *) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. | |||
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Derived terms
- анлас (anlas)
References
- P. S. Kuznecov, A. M. Sporova (1946) “челюсть”, in Русско-Коми-Пермяцкӧй словарь [Russian-Komi-Permyak dictionary], Kudymkar: Комипермгиз
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
ан • (an) m
Declension
Declension of ан
Northern Khanty
Etymology
Cognates include Eastern Khanty анәӽ (anəḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ан (an) (Kazym)
References
- Solovar, V. N. (2014) “ан”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 20
Russian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ан • (an)
- (colloquial) nevertheless; but in fact
- (colloquial, adversative) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.