án

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

Hokkien

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

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.

Anagrams

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

Declension of án
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative án án ána
vocative áin ána
genitive áne ána án
dative án án;
áin (archaic) 		ána
Comparative níos áne
Superlative is áne

Mutation

Mutated forms of án
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
án n-án hán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

án (an2, Zhuyin ㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啽
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犳
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玵
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝹
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雸
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝻

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

Mutation of án
radical lenition nasalization
án
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-án

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Preposition

án

  1. without (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, Lü ᦀᦱᧃᧈ (˙ʼaan¹), Shan ဢၢၼ်ႇ (ʼàan), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Thai อ่าน (àan). Compare Khmer អាន (ʼaan).

Pronunciation

Verb

án (按; 案)

  1. to count (one by one); to number; to enumerate
    Mí chắc kỉ lai, án còi.
    Dunno how much, you go count.
    Nòn phồm án vài, nòn ngai án khẩu
    Lie prone to count the buffaloes, lie supine to count the grains

References

  • 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
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 案. 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

Anagrams

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