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אן

אן

See also: אַן, אָן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Aramaic

Conjunction

אן (transliteration needed)

  1. if

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 yakūnu 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).

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).