an

See also: an-

Radestrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/, /aŋ/ (before velars)
  • (colloquial) /ɤn/, /ɤŋ/ (before velars)
• Rhymes: -an, -aŋ, -ɤn, -ɤŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Radestrian han, from Old Radestrian han, inherited from Proto-Radic *han, from Proto-Hirdic *hon, from Proto-Laenkean *hon.

Preposition

an [with genitive]

1. (spatial) from, off (departure from a vertical or inferior surface)

   A lyșa hjaoșeș an a vjezg.

   The picture fell off the wall.

   Hjaoșeș an a varvu njárs.

   A star fell from the sky.

2. (temporal) since, for

   an a slavusk

   since the war

   An jø dvúðis gjei vanyn ardet uo.

   I've been working on this for four days now.

Usage notes

• This preposition is still collocated with the sky, despite it now being understood that it is not a surface. Similarly, one would also say yn a varva (“in the sky”), literally ‘on the sky’.

Related terms

• an-

Etymology 2

From Middle Radestrian han, from Old Radestrian ham, inherited from Proto-Radic *ham, from Proto-Hirdic *ṯam, from Proto-Laenkean *tam.

Preposition

an [with genitive]

1. (spatial) out, from (departure from a bound space)

   Ambrøà a rnest an a spjâsk.

   Take the knife out of the bag.

Related terms

• am-

Usage notes

• The enclitic form is used in combination with weak pronominal complements:

Combined pronominal forms of an
case	personal
	SG				PL					REFL	RECP
	1	2	3		1		2	3
			ANIM	INAN	INCL	EXCL		ANIM	INAN
	ú	re	vâs	vara	dzun	dzate	sjáște	vír	vara	dzist	dzjed
[genitive]	veskan /ˈvɛskan/	raskan /ˈraskan/	vâskan /ˈvɤskan/	vaskan /ˈvaskan/	dzmesan /ˈdzmɛsan/	dzatûsan /ˈdzatɤsan/	sjásan /ˈʃaːsan/	vjesan /ˈvjɛsan/	vaisan /ˈvaisan/	dziskan /ˈdziskan/	dzjesan /ˈdʒɛsan/
case	number	interrogative- existential		demonstrative		quantifier
		ANIM	INAN	PROX	DIST	indefinite		general indefinite		collective
						ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN
		bjaș	bjar	kjes	okjes	baus	bvar	bjaș-á	bjar-á	vaus	var
[genitive]	SG	bjáskan /ˈbjaːskan/	biskan /ˈbiskan/	kúan /ˈkuːan/	okúan /ɔˈkuːan/	byeskan /ˈbieskan/	buskan /ˈbɤskan/	bjáskan-á /ˈbjaːskanaː/	biskan-á /ˈbiskanaː/	vaoskan /ˈvɔːskan/	utúan /uˈtuːan/
	PL	bjaisan /ˈbjaisan/	bjesan /ˈbjɛsan/	tesan /ˈtɛsan/	otesan /ˈɔtɛsan/	bausan /ˈbausan/	bøsan /ˈbœsan/	bjaisan-á /ˈbjaisanaː/	bjesan-á /ˈbjɛsanaː/

See also

Radestrian spatial prepositions
space	position	goal	source	transit
exterior	lara [genitive] outside	lara [accusative] outside	allara [genitive] from outside	ýra [accusative] past, by
interior (bound space)	la [dative] in, at	la [accusative] into, to	an [genitive] out, from	ý [accusative] through
immersion	tí [instrumental] between, amidst, in	latí [accusative] between, into	antí [genitive] from between, out
establishment	sje [dative] at	sá [dative] to	tí [accusative] from
boundary	ní [instrumental] by, at, beside			ynan [dative] along
plane (unbound space)	er [dative] on, at	er [accusative] onto, to		ý [accusative] through
superior surface			ha [genitive] off	teșa [genitive] across, over
vertical/inferior surface	yn [dative] on	yn [accusative] onto	an [genitive] off	ynan [dative] across, along
company	vas [instrumental] with
absence	ir [accusative] without
centre	ralga [genitive] in the middle of	lavas [accusative] into the middle of	anvas [genitive] from the middle of	ervas [dative] around
anterior	svíma [dative] in front of, before, opposite	svíma [accusative] towards, against	ansvíma [genitive] from in front of
posterior	ha [dative] behind, after	ha [accusative] behind, after	ana [genitive] from behind
superior	fje [dative] above	fje [accusative] above	anfje [genitive] from above
inferior	taon [dative] below	taon [accusative] below	andaon [genitive] from below
vicinity	nvieru [genitive] near			hjeral [genitive] around

Radestrian temporal prepositions
before	time frame			after
	beginning	point of reference	end
svíma [dative] before, ago	tí [instrumental] within, in			ha [dative] after, in
	an [genitive] from (… on)	ha [accusative] for
	an [genitive] since, for		yn [accusative] until, by, for
		ý [accusative] during
		sje [dative] at, with, upon (event)
		er [dative] at (clock time)
		la [dative] on (day), in (month)