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Old English · adjective

an

Normalised ān

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ɑːn/
/ɔːn/
Syllables
ɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
oneunyanyendigitanwanonly

an1 · adjective

Senses

  1. only

    Ne bēoþ wē ġeboren ūs selfum ānum.

    We aren't born for ourselves alone.

  2. alone

    Neart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.

    You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

Declension

Strong declension of an
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ānānān
Accusative ānneāneān
Genitive ānesānreānes
Dative ānumānreānum
Instrumental āneānreāne
Plural
Nominative āneānaāneān
Accusative āneānaāneān
Genitive ānraānraānra
Dative ānumānumānum
Instrumental ānumānumānum
Weak declension of an
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ānaāneāne
Accusative ānanānanāne
Genitive ānanānanānan
Dative ānanānanānan
Instrumental ānanānanānan
Plural
Nominative ānanānanānan
Accusative ānanānanānan
Genitive ānraānenaānraānenaānraānena
Dative ānumānumānum
Instrumental ānumānumānum

an2 · adverb

Senses

  1. only

    Ðā andswarode sē hundredes ealdor and ðus cwæþ, Drihten, ne eom ic wyrðe, ðæt ðū ingange under mīne þecene; ac cweþ ðīn ān word, and mīn cnapa biþ ġehǣled.

    Then answered the centurion, and said thus, Lord, I am not worthy, that you enter under my roof; but say your word only, and my boy will be healed.

    995. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, Translation, Gospel of Saint Matthew, chapter 8, verse 8.

an3 · article

Senses

  1. a certain

  2. a, an (indefinite article)

an4 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. one (digit or figure)

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of an
SingularPlural
Nominative ānān
Accusative ānān
Genitive ānesāna
Dative āneānum

an5 · numeral

Senses

  1. one

    "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 10, verse 30

    I and Father are one.

Inflection

Inflection of an
Form
Nominative singular masculine ān
Nominative singular feminine ān
Nominative singular neuter ān
Accusative singular masculine ānneǣnne
Accusative singular feminine āne
Accusative singular neuter ān
Genitive singular masculine ānes
Genitive singular feminine ānre
Genitive singular neuter ānes
Dative singular masculine ānum
Dative singular feminine ānre
Dative singular neuter ānum
Instrumental singular masculine āne
Instrumental singular feminine ānre
Instrumental singular neuter āne
Nominative plural āne
Accusative plural āne
Genitive plural ānra
Dative plural ānum
Instrumental plural ānum

an6 · preposition · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of on

an7 · verb · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of eom

    Petrus ēc wutudlīċe cwæð: Lā, mon, ne an ic.

    Peter also truely said: O, man, I am not.

    10th century, Glosses from the Rushworth Gospels (Lk):

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ān, Old Saxon ēn, Old High German ein, Old Norse einn, Gothic (ains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ūnus, Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), Old Irish oen.

Descendants

a, an, on, one, un, wan, yan, yen

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