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”)

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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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