án

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

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

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
án n-án hán not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

án (Zhuyin ㄢˊ)

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

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of án – see 按 (“to push; to press; to put aside; etc.”).
(This character, án, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 按.)

Old Irish

Noun

án f (genitive áine)

  1. verbal noun of aigid

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
án unchanged n-án
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Preposition

án

  1. without
    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.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 案.

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
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