in

Beurla

Fuaimneachadh

• (weak form) IPA^(key): /ən/, enPR: ən
• (strong form) IPA^(key): /ɪn/, enPR: ĭn
• (New Zealand, weak form) IPA^(key): /ɘn/

• Audio (UK, weak form); “in a while” /ən‿ə waːl/:

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophones: an (weak form), and (weak form), inn

Freumhachadh

PIE word
*h₁en

Tha an roimhear bho Middle English in, bho Old English in, bho Proto-Germanic *in.

Tha an co-ghnìomhair bho Middle English in, bho Old English inn agus inne, bho Proto-Germanic *innai.

Roimhear

in

1. ann an, an

Co-ghnìomhair

in (not comparable)

1. a-steach

   Co-fhacal: into

Seann-Ghàidhlig

Freumhachadh

Bho Proto-Celtic *sindos, bho Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“aon”) no *só (“sin”).

Alt

in

1. an t-alt cinnteach an

Teàrnadh

Declension of in

Case	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	in int (before vowels)	indL int (before ṡ)	aN	in dáL	in díL	in dáN	indL	innaH
Accusative	inN						innaH
Genitive	indL int (before ṡ)	innaH	indL int (before ṡ)	in dáL		in dáN	innaN

Note: The dative is used only after a preposition, which forms a contraction with the definite article, e.g. dond (“to the”), cossind (“with the”), etc.
Mutations triggered: ^H = /h/-prothesis   •   ^L = lenition   •   ^N = eclipsis

Barrachd fiosrachaidh

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “in”, ann an eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language