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English
Noun
anns
- plural of ann
Anagrams
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Extension of san with ann (“in it, there”), compare ann an from ann (“in it, there”) + an (“in”).
Preposition
anns (+ dative)
- the form of (ann) an, am (“in”) used before definite article: in
- Tha iad a' fuireach anns a' bhaile. ― They live in the town.
- Thachair sin anns an naoitheamh linn deug. ― That happened in the nineteenth century.
- Tha iad anns na bàtaichean. ― They are in the boats.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “anns”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC