dhan

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣan̪ˠ/
  • Hyphenation: dhan

Preposition

dhan (+ dative)

  1. Contraction of do an.
    Chaidh i dhan bhùth.She went to the shop.

Usage notes

  • Like the bare article an, dhan triggers lenition if the following noun begins with f, c and g.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “do”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 235

Somali

Adverb

dhan

  1. completely

Yagara

Noun

dhan

  1. man

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