ajn

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German ein, as in irgendein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajn/
  • Hyphenation: ajn
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Particle

ajn

  1. used with ki- and i- correlatives to generalize them, meaning -ever/-soever or any/at all
    kio (“what”) → kio ajn (“whatever”)
    kiu (“who”) → kiu ajn (“whoever”)
    ie (“somewhere”) → ie ajn (“anywhere”)
    io (“something”) → io ajn (“anything”)
    Li kredos kian ajn senkulpigon kiun iu ajn donos al li.
    He’ll believe whatever kind of excuse that anyone at all gives him.

Derived terms

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Icelandic einn, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.

Numeral

ajn m (feminine ain, neuter ajtt)

  1. one; the cardinal number before tvair (“two”).
  2. accusative masculine singular form of ajn

Derived terms

References

    • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AJN”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 3

    Westrobothnian

    Westrobothnian cardinal numbers
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        Cardinal : ajn
        Ordinal : föösjt

    Alternative forms

    • ejn

    Etymology

    From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Icelandic einn, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.

    Numeral

    ajn m, ain f, ajtt n

    1. one; the cardinal number before to (“two”).
    2. accusative masculine singular form of ajn

    Derived terms

    Pronoun

    ajn

    1. one

    References

      • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AJN”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 3
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