oan

From Middle Breton oen, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨn, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”). Compare Welsh oen, Old Irish úan.

oan m (plural ein)

1. lamb

   Oan Doue ― Lamb of God

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oan

1. first-person singular imperfect of bezañ

   Trist e oan.

   I was sad.

oan

1. genitive singular of oka

• Ano, ano

• awan, avuan, auan, awan

From Latin hōc annō.

oan

1. this year

• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ujan
• Gallo: ouan
• Middle French: ouan, enwan
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: ouan

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hōc anno”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 446

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, compare Malay anak.

oan

1. son
2. offspring

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冤 (“unjust/to wrong”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)waːŋ˧˧]

oan • (寃)

1. wronged; victimized; persecuted
2. wrongful; unjust; unrighteous

oan • (寃)

1. wrongfully; unjustly; unfairly

From Old Frisian on, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an. Cognates include Dutch aan, Low German an and English on.

oan

1. on (not "on top of")

   Example: "oan 'e oare kant" (on the other hand, lit, "on the other side")

   Example: "it skilderij hinget oan 'e muorre" (the painting hangs on the wall)

2. to, towards

• oankrûpe

• ane, own

From Middle English oon, ane, oune, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain. Cognates include English one and Scots ane.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/, /aːn/, /əʊn/

oan (plural oanès)

1. one

   Synonym: o

oan

1. one
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:

     Ye be welcome hearthillee, ivery oan.

     You are heartily welcome, every one.

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:

     Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.

     But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

oan

1. one
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:

     * * * * oan anooree

     [* * * * one another]

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;

     Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

• oanes
• oananooree

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60 & 94