a'

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English

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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a' (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of a (all) [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

Adjective

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a' (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of a (all) [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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a'

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of a (in)
    • 1661, Samuel Tuke, "The Adventures of Five Hours", in 1876, Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, page 217:
      SIL. What, a' God's name, could come into the heads
      Of this people to make them rebel?
      ERN. Why, religion; that came into their heads
      A' God's name.
      GER. But what a devil made the noblemen
      Rebel? they never mind religion.

Bambara

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Pronoun

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a'

  1. you

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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a’

  1. (nonstandard) Contraction of an (used to form direct and indirect questions).
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é. [] Chuaidh an rí é féin síos annsin ⁊ d’fhiafraigh dhi a’ bpósfadh sí é.
      He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him. [] The king himself then went down, and asked her would she marry him.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a/°
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a'

Contraction

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a'

  1. (Tuscan or literary) truncation of ai (to the m pl, contraction of a i)

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a'

Particle

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a'

  1. (regional, informal) uttered before a noun to call whoever it is referred to
    A' Gigi, viè qua!
    Gigi, come here!
    E che mi lasciate qua? A' 'nfami!
    Are you leaving me here? You bastards!
Derived terms
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Japanese

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Romanization

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a'

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あっ

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English all, from Old English eall (all, every, entire, whole, universal), from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (all, whole, every), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (all).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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a'

  1. all

Adverb

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a'

  1. all
    • 1852–1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs[1]:
      / Like dew on the gowan lying / Is the fa' o' her fairy feet; / And like winds in summer sighing, / Her voice is low and sweet— / Her voice is low and sweet, / And she's a' the world to me, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

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a' (uncountable)

  1. all
    • 1825, “Who’s at My Window”, in Allan Cunningham, compiler, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; [] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for John Taylor, [], →OCLC, page 334:
      There’s mirth in the barn and the ha’, the ha’, / There’s mirth in the barn and the ha’: / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride’s daftest of a’, of a’, / And our young bride’s daftest of a’.
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Derived terms

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References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

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a'

  1. inflection of an (the):
    1. dative or genitive singular masculine preceding g-, c-, b-, m- or p-
    2. nominative or dative singular feminine preceding g-, c-, b-, m-, p-
    Seall air a' corra-lod!Look at the mess!
Declension
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Variation of a' (definite article)
Masculine Feminine Plural
nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen.
+ f- am anL anL na na nam
+ m-, p- or b- am a'L a'L na na nam
+ c- or g- an a'L a'L na na nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr- an anT anT na na nan
+ other consonant an an an na na nan
+ vowel anT an an naH naH nan
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; T Triggers T-prothesis

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Particle

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a'

  1. (before consonants) Apocopic form of ag
    Tha Seoc a' fuireach ann an Glaschu. - Jock lives in Glasgow.
    Dè tha thu a' leughadh? - What are you reading?
Usage notes
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  • In the Lewis dialect, ri is used instead.
  • Scottish Gaelic has no simple present tense of regular verbs, so constructions with a', ag, or ri are used for both simple and progressive present tenses in English.

Tarantino

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Etymology

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Blend of a +‎ 'a

Preposition

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a'

  1. at the

Yagaria

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Noun

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a'

  1. (Hua dialect) woman

References

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  • John Haiman, Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea