an

Pronunciation

 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)
 * (in some accents)

Etymology 1
From, from. More at.

Usage notes

 * In standard English, the article is used before vowel sounds, while  is used before consonant sounds. Alternatively, an can be found before an unstressed syllable beginning with, as in "an historic". The  may then become silent or is at least very weakly articulated. This usage is favoured by only 6% of British speakers, and is only slightly more common in writing.
 * Historically, could also be found before  and before many words with initial $⟨u⟩$, $⟨eu⟩$ (now pronounced with initial ), such as, , and . This is because those initial letters were pronounced as vowels. In writing, an remained usual before such words until the 19th century -- long after these words acquired initial consonant sounds in standard English. This is still occasionally seen.
 * In the other direction, a occurs before a vowel, rarely, in nonstandard (often dialectal) speech and in its written representations. Example: "ain't this a innerestin sitchation" (Moira Young, Blood Red Road).
 * The various article senses of are all senses of.

Numeral

 * 1)   one

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1)  If
 * 2)  So long as.
 * 3)  As if; as though.
 * 4) * (original version), lines 61–64:
 * "en"
 * 1)  As if; as though.
 * 2) * (original version), lines 61–64:
 * "en"

- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.

Etymology 3
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).

Etymology 4
From the,.

Preposition

 * 1) In each; to or for each; per.
 * I was only going twenty miles an hour.

Usage notes

 * This is the same as the word a in such contexts, modified because of preceding a vowel sound (after an unpronounced h). The train was speeding along at a mile a minute.

Etymology
Similar to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to exist, be (somewhere); there is

Etymology
Possibly a metaphorical use of.

Noun

 * 1)  womb, caul
 * 2)  joint
 * 3)  room, vessel
 * 4)  ship
 * 1)  ship

Noun

 * 1) haunch

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition + preposition.

Contraction

 * 1) (optional) towards inside

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) moment

Pronoun

 * 1) we

Etymology 1
From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Further etymology is debated; some have theorized a relationship to 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬 with the addition of an unclear nasal suffix. Compare 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * This particle is analyzed as the definite article (i.e., the) when used alone, and the indefinite article (i.e., a or an) when used with the numeral "saro".
 * Specific nouns are marked with "si" or "su".
 * Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".
 * Specific nouns are marked with "si" or "su".
 * Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".
 * Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology 2
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology 3
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) used to indicate an indefinite quantity, of it, of them
 * J'an veus deus
 * I want two of them
 * J'an seus seur
 * I am sure of it

Article

 * 1) the

Determiner

 * 1) third person singular possessive; his, hers, its (used with general-class objects)

Noun

 * 1) path, road

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1)  a, an

Conjunction

 * 1)  that introduces a subordinate clause

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1)  definite article

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) moment

Etymology
..

Pronoun

 * 1)  which, who, as

Conjunction

 * 1)  when, while
 * 2)  because
 * 1)  because

Etymology 1
Borrowed from and, from , cognate with 🇨🇬 and doublet of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) on

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) he

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to eat

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From, from , from , from , probably from.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Determiner

 * 1)   my.

Pronoun

 * 1)  you

Dialectal variants

 * (Pulaar)

Noun

 * 1) man

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * A lengthened form is possible in non-prepositional uses, e.g. in the prefix  or the adverb . This was formerly widespread, but is now chiefly restricted to Austria and Switzerland (where it is optional). Compare similarly the distinction between  and.
 * A lengthened form is possible in non-prepositional uses, e.g. in the prefix  or the adverb . This was formerly widespread, but is now chiefly restricted to Austria and Switzerland (where it is optional). Compare similarly the distinction between  and.
 * A lengthened form is possible in non-prepositional uses, e.g. in the prefix  or the adverb . This was formerly widespread, but is now chiefly restricted to Austria and Switzerland (where it is optional). Compare similarly the distinction between  and.
 * A lengthened form is possible in non-prepositional uses, e.g. in the prefix  or the adverb . This was formerly widespread, but is now chiefly restricted to Austria and Switzerland (where it is optional). Compare similarly the distinction between  and.

Preposition

 * 1)  on; upon; at; in; against
 * 2) by; near; close to; next to
 * 3)  on; in; at
 * 4)  a; per;
 * 1)  a; per;
 * 1)  a; per;
 * 1)  a; per;

Preposition

 * 1) on; onto
 * 2) at; against
 * 3) to; for
 * 1) to; for
 * 1) to; for

Preposition

 * 1)  of, on, in, for, about

Usage notes

 * Usually used to refer to something being on a vertical surface, as opposed to, which usually points to a horizontal surface.
 * When followed by the masculine/neuter definite article in the dative case (i.e. ), the two words generally contract to if not emphasized.
 * When followed by the neuter definite article in the accusative case (i.e. ), the two words generally contract to if not emphasized.

Adverb

 * 1) onward; on

Adjective

 * 1)  on

Derived terms

 * (an + dem)
 * (an + das)

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology 1
From.

Article

 * 1) the (definite article)

Usage notes
Use this word when:


 * It modifies a singular noun, and
 * It is preceded by a word that ends with either:
 * A nasal vowel, or
 * A nasal consonant and an oral (non-nasal) vowel, in that order.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Preposition

 * 1) at, on indicates contiguity, juxtaposition

Etymology 1
From, from.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology 2
.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Pronunciation

 * The nasal vowel

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. May also be related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * , or
 * 1) or, or on the
 * 2) or, or rather, or, or
 * 3)  or
 * 1) or, or on the
 * 2) or, or rather, or, or
 * 3)  or
 * 1) or, or on the
 * 2) or, or rather, or, or
 * 3)  or
 * 1) or, or on the
 * 2) or, or rather, or, or
 * 3)  or
 * 1) or, or on the
 * 2) or, or rather, or, or
 * 3)  or
 * 1)  or

Usage notes

 * Used with in the construction :
 * Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.
 * I know not what matter it is, whether I come now or after ten years.

Noun

 * 1) fresh water

Etymology
From, from , , from ,.

Preposition

 * 1) on
 * 2) to, at

Inflection
Neither the spelling nor grammar of these forms applies to all, or even necessarily the majority, of dialects.

Adverb

 * 1) on

Etymology 1
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology 2
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology 1
An unstressed form of, from the occasional use of as an article.

Article

 * 1) a,  indefinite article:
 * 2) Any example or instance of a thing.
 * 3) A certain or particular thing.
 * 4) Any, every; several or all instances of a thing.
 * 5) Used in conjunction with numerals especially ,
 * 1) Any, every; several or all instances of a thing.
 * 2) Used in conjunction with numerals especially ,

Usage notes

 * In later non-Northern Middle English, is usually found before consonants other than, while an is usually found preceding vowels and . However, an often occurs before any consonant in earlier Middle English.
 * In early Middle English, the indefinite article is often omitted; occasional omission persists into later Middle English.
 * Inflected forms of the indefinite article are sometimes found in early Middle English; see the inflection table below.

Declension
Declension of an (early)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in
 * 2) on

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  year

Etymology
Confer 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) or

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) year

Usage notes

 * Also used with the verb to indicate age

Etymology
.

Conjunction

 * 1) ; and that/he
 * 2) ; but that/he
 * 3) ; as he just (was)

Etymology 1
From, from.

Germanic cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The Indo-European root is also the source of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  one
 * 2) * "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 10, verse 30
 * "ang"

- Ic and Fæder synt ān.


 * 1) * c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the, quoting
 * "ang"

- Ġe þēo ġe frēo, eall wē sind on Criste ān.


 * 1) * c. 990, , Mark 14:37
 * "ang"

- Þā cōm hē and fand hīe slǣpende, and cwæþ tō Petre, "Simon, slǣpst þū? Ne meahtest þū āne tīd wacian?"


 * 1) * early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle, year 1100
 * "ang"

- On morgen æfter Hlāfmæssedæġe wearþ sē cyning Willelm on huntoþe fram his ānum menn mid āne flāne ofsċoten.

Declension
Declension of ān

Article

 * 1) a;  (indefinite article)

Adjective

 * 1) only
 * 2) * 11th century,, no. 22
 * "ang"
 * 1) * 11th century,, no. 22
 * "ang"

- Earg mæġ þæt ān þæt hē him ondrǣde.


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Āne twā word sind þǣre fēorðan ġeþīednesse: eō ("iċ gange"), īs ("þū gǣst"); queō ("iċ mæġ"), quīs ("þū meaht").


 * 1) * c. 990, , John 5:18
 * "ang"

- Þæs þe mā þā Iudēiscan sōhton hine tō ofslēanne, næs nā for þon āne þe hē þone ræstedæġ bræc, ac for þon þe hē cwæþ þæt God wǣre his fæder, and hine selfne dyde Gode ġelīcne.


 * 1) * c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95
 * "ang"

- God āna wāt hwā þǣre wælstōwe wealdan mōte.


 * 1) * "The Fortunes of Men", lines 8-9
 * "ang"

- God āna wāt hwæt him weaxendum wintra bringaþ.


 * 1) alone
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
 * "ang"
 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
 * "ang"

- Gang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Foresetnessa ne bēoþ nāhwǣr āna, ac bēoþ ǣfre tō sumum ōðrum worde ġefēġeda.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.

Usage notes
In the above senses ("only" and "alone"), this word was often used in the weak declension, often indeclinably as āna.

Adverb

 * 1) only
 * 2) * 995. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, Translation, Gospel of Saint Matthew, chapter 8, verse 8.
 * "ang"

- 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.

Noun

 * 1) one (digit or figure)

Derived terms

 * āngenġa
 * ānhaga
 * āntīd

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Pronoun

 * "sga"
 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam hua sulib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar hua chluasaib.

Etymology
Ultimately from, possibly through , whence cognate with 🇨🇬. For similar loss of þ- compare from earlier,.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
..

Conjunction

 * 1)  ; and that
 * 2)  ; but that
 * 3)  ; as it just (was)
 * 1)  ; as it just (was)
 * 1)  ; as it just (was)

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) on, in

Etymology
From, from , from , probably from. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) year

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  year

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) on
 * 2) at
 * 3) next to
 * 4) towards, to
 * 5) of, from
 * 6) about, circa
 * 1) towards, to
 * 2) of, from
 * 3) about, circa
 * 1) about, circa
 * 1) about, circa

Adjective

 * 1) on, switched on, burning

Etymology 1
From, , , from , , , , from.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1)  a,

Usage notes

 * In colloquial usage mostly replaced by . However, still widely used in literature, probably due to English influence.

Etymology 1
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 2
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1) their

Etymology 3
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Usage notes

 * This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where and  are used instead.

Etymology 4
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * Before verbs beginning with b, f, m or p, the form is used. Before, the form  is also used.

Usage notes

 * Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form is used.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) place

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Etymology
Borrowed from and, and less commonly from , from , cognate with 🇨🇬 and doublet of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition

Preposition

 * 1)  to

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) peaceful; undisturbed

Verb

 * 1) to manage to do something; to fend for oneself

Noun

 * 1) saddle; howdah

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) food

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand, lower arm
 * 2) flipper

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) moment

Etymology
. The character can also be read as, a form of probable Northern origin.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Numeral

 * 1)  one

Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Further etymology is debated; some have theorized a relationship to 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬 with the addition of an unclear nasal suffix. Compare 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * This particle is analyzed as the definite article (i.e., the) when used alone, and the indefinite article (i.e., a or an) when used with the numeral "usa" plus "ka" that quantifies an object/object that it modifies.
 * Specific nouns are marked with "si".
 * Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".
 * Specific nouns are marked with "si".
 * Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".

Etymology 1
From, from , , , from ,.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Pronoun

 * 1) him, her, it

Pronoun

 * 1) him, her, it