אן

See also: אַן, אָן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛn/

Conjunction

אן (transliteration needed)

  1. if

Hebrew

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אָוֶן (āwen), from Egyptian jwnw (Heliopolis)


Proper noun

אֹן‏ (on)

  1. Heliopolis

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَنْ (ʾan).

Conjunction

אן (ʾan)

  1. to
    • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃
      wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.
      And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَنَّ (ʾanna).

Conjunction

אן (ʾanna)

  1. that

Etymology 3

From Arabic إِنْ (ʾin), from Proto-Semitic *šim.

Conjunction

אן (ʾin)

  1. if

Etymology 4

From Arabic إِنَّ (ʾinna).

Particle

אן (ʾinna)

  1. indeed
    • Exodus 10:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃
      ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī hāḏihi bahum.
      Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for [indeed] I have just strengthened his heart and the the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.

Yiddish

Determiner

אן (an)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַן (an).

Preposition

אן (on)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָן (on).
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