an'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æn/, /ən/, /n̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ən

Contraction

an'

  1. (Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of and
    She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon.
    The smart girl an' the silly boy.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Lombard

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably rom Latin (ad) hanc (hōram) (in this hour). Akin to Italian anche, Venetian anca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋ/
    • IPA(key): [ˈaŋ]
    • IPA(key): [ˈa] (Eastern)

Adverb

an'

  1. Alternative form of anca (even, also)

Scots

Conjunction

an'

  1. Alternative form of an

Yola

Conjunction

an'

  1. Alternative form of an (and)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Greash an' goouness.
      Grace and goodness.
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:
      Aar was Thieg, an' Joane, an lhaung Jauane,
      There was Thadee, and John, and long Joan,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43
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