án

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. without [with genitive]

   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

• ná

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnˠ/
• (West Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæːnˠ/
• (East Ulster before extinction) IPA^(key): /ˈeːnˠ/

Adjective

án (genitive singular masculine áin, genitive singular feminine áine, plural ána, comparative áine)

1. bright, brilliant
2. splendid, noble

Declension

Declension of án

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	án	án	ána
vocative	áin		ána
genitive		áne	strong noun	weak noun
			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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “án”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• an — nonstandard

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

• áin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːn/

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ón

Etymology

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

Preposition

án

1. without [with genitive or dative or accusative]

Descendants

• Icelandic: án
• Faroese: ón
• → Middle English: *on, on-
  • English: on, ohn
  • Scots: on-, ohn-

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “án”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 35; also available at the 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

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔaːn˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaːn˦]

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]‎^[1][2] (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]‎^[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

án

1. (dated) high table with a narrow surface

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 案. Compare with Muong ản.

Noun

án

1. criminal case
2. sentence (judicial order for punishment)
3. (historical) Short for án sát.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

án • (𢭬)

1. to impede visibility by using the body of something

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 按.

Verb

án

1. (dated, chiefly in compounds) to camp or station troops in one place

Derived terms

• án binh bất động

Anagrams

• ná