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See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

English

Etymology 1

Adverb

a' (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#A Category:English adverbs#A Category:English uncomparable adverbs#A Category:English entries with incorrect language header#A Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

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

Adjective

a' (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#A Category:English adjectives#A Category:English uncomparable adjectives#A Category:English entries with incorrect language header#A Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

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

Etymology 2

Preposition

a'Category:English lemmas#A Category:English prepositions#A Category:English entries with incorrect language header#A Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#A) 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

Pronoun

a'Category:Bambara lemmas#A'Category:Bambara pronouns#A'Category:Bambara entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

you

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə/Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#A'

Particle

a’Category:Irish lemmas#A'Category:Irish particles#A'Category:Irish entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

(nonstandard Category:Irish nonstandard terms#A') contraction of an, used to form direct and indirect questionsCategory:Irish contractions#A'
- 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.
  Category:Irish terms with quotations#A'

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a/^°Category:Italian 1-syllable words#A'Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#A'
Rhymes: -a Category:Rhymes:Italian/a#A'Category:Rhymes:Italian/a/1 syllable#A'
Hyphenation: a'

Contraction

a'Category:Italian non-lemma forms#A'Category:Italian contractions#A'Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

(Tuscan Category:Tuscan Italian#A' or literary Category:Italian literary terms#A') truncation of ai (“to the m pl”, contraction of a i)

Etymology 2

(regional Category:Regional Italian#A', informal Category:Italian informal terms#A') uttered before a noun to call whoever it is referred to
A' Gigi, viè qua!
Gigi, come here!
Category:Italian terms with usage examples#A'

E che me lassate qua? A' 'nfami!
Are you leaving me here? You bastards!
Category:Italian terms with usage examples#A'

Derived terms

ahó

Japanese

Romanization

a'Category:Japanese non-lemma forms#A'Category:Japanese romanizations#A'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#A'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

Rōmaji transcription of あっ

Scots

Alternative forms

a, aw
aa, aal (Shetland)

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /ɔː/Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#A'
(Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key): /aː(l)/Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#A'

Determiner

a'Category:Scots lemmas#A'Category:Scots determiners#A'Category:Scots entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

all

Adverb

a'Category:Scots lemmas#A'Category:Scots adverbs#A'Category:Scots entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

all
- 1852–1859, Lady John Scott, “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs‎:
  / 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)
  Category:Scots terms with quotations#A'Category:Requests for translations of Scots quotations#A'

Noun

a' (uncountable)Category:Scots lemmas#A'Category:Scots nouns#A'Category:Scots uncountable nouns#A'Category:Scots entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

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’.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Scots terms with quotations#A'Category:Requests for translations of Scots quotations#A'

Derived terms

an a'

References

“a', adj.,adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “a'”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə/Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation#A'

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

a'Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#A'Category:Scottish Gaelic articles#A'Category:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

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!Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#A'

Declension

Variation of a' (definite article)
	masculine			feminine			plural
	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.
+ f-	am	an^L		an^L		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	an^T		an^T		na	na		nan
+ other consonant	an	an		an		na	na		nan
+ vowel	an^T	an		an		na^H	na^H		nan

^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis; ^T Triggers T-prothesis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Particle

a'Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#A'Category:Scottish Gaelic particles#A'Category:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#A'Category:Pages with entries#A'Category:Pages with 9 entries#A'

(before consonants) apocopic form of agCategory:Scottish Gaelic apocopic forms#A'
Tha Seoc a' fuireach ann an Glaschu. - Jock lives in Glasgow.

Dè tha thu a' leughadh? - What are you reading?

Usage notes

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.