anns

English

Noun

anns

  1. plural of ann

Anagrams

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Extension of san with ann (“in it, there”), compare ann an from ann (“in it, there”) + an (“in”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as̪/[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): /ãũn̪ˠs̪/[4], /an̪ˠs̪/[1] (careful speech, literary)

Preposition

anns (+ dative)

  1. the form of (ann) an, am (“in”) used before definite article: in
    Tha iad a' fuireach anns a' bhaile. ― They live in the town.
    Thachair sin anns an naoitheamh linn deug. ― That happened in the nineteenth century.
    Tha iad anns na bàtaichean. ― They are in the boats.

Usage notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 220
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 115
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 161

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “anns”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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