ajn

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German ein, as in irgendein.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ajn

Particle

ajn

  1. used with ki- and i- correlatives to generalize them, meaning -ever/-soever or any/at all
    kio (“what”) → kio ajn (“whatever”)
    kiu (“who”) → kiu ajn (“whoever”)
    ie (“somewhere”) → ie ajn (“anywhere”)
    io (“something”) → io ajn (“anything”)
    Li kredos kian ajn senkulpigon kiun iu ajn donos al li.
    He’ll believe whatever kind of excuse that anyone at all gives him.
    iu (“someone”) → iu ajn (“anyone”)

Derived terms

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Icelandic einn, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.

Numeral

ajn m (feminine ain, neuter ajtt)

  1. one; the cardinal number before tvair (“two”).
  2. accusative masculine singular of ajn

Derived terms

References

  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AJN”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 3
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