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Pronunciation

• (stressed)enPR:ăt,IPA^(key):/æt/

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  • Homophone:@
  • Rhymes:-æt
• (unstressed)IPA^(key):/ət/
  • Homophone:it(unstressed; only in some accents)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd

Proto-Germanic*at

Old Englishæt

Middle Englishat

Englishat

FromMiddle Englishat,fromOld Englishæt(“at, near, by, toward”),fromProto-Germanic*at(“at, near, to”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd(“near, at”).Cognate withScotsat(“at”),North Frisianäät,äit,et,it(“at”),Danishat(“to”),Swedishåt(“for, toward”),Norwegianåt(“to”),Faroeseat(“at, to, toward”),Icelandicað(“to, towards”),Gothic𐌰𐍄(at,“at”),Latinad(“to, near”).

Preposition

at

1. In,near,or in the general vicinity of a particularplace.

   Caesar wasatRome.

   atthe corner of Fourth Street and Vine

   atJim’s house

   • 1919,Plutarch,“The Life of Cicero”inParallel Lives,43 (Bernadotte Perrin, trans.):

     Hirtius and Pansa, who were good men and admirers of Cicero, begged him not to desert them, and undertook to put down Antony if Cicero would remainatRome.

   • 1992,Rudolf M[athias]Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian,volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN,page 4:

     (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitateatthe base.

   • 2016,VOA Learning English(public domain):

     Today my friend Marsha isather friend’s house.

     Audio(US):

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2. (indicating time)Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.

   atsix o’clock

   atclosing time

   atnight

   • 1838,The Family Magazine:

     Lafayette was major-general in the American armyatthe age of 18[…]

   • 2012April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”,inthe Guardian:

     Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds awayatthe click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.

   • 2016,VOA Learning English(public domain)

     Hi, Anne. Are you busy? — Hi, Anna. Yes.At10 a.m. I am writing.

     Audio(US):

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3. In thedirectionof (often implied to be in ahostileorcarelessmanner).

   Don’t justtalkatsomeone; really listen to what they have to say.

   He threw the ballatme.

   He shoutedather.

   • 1908,W[illiam]B[lair]M[orton]Ferguson, chapter IV, inZollenstein,New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:

     “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly.
     Von Lindowe cutata furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan.
     “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

   • 2023July 9,Barbie,spoken byKen(Ryan Gosling):

     Come on in. I’ll play the guitaratyou.

5. Denotes a price.

   3 applesat2¢ (each)

   The offer wasat$30,000 before negotiations.

6. Occupiedin (activity).

   menatwork

7. In a state of.

   She isatsixes and sevenswith him.

   They areatloggerheadsover how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.

   The city wasatthe mercy ofthe occupying forces.

8. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.

   Sellat90.

   Tiger finished the roundattenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.

   I’m offering it—just to select customers—atcost.

9. Because of.

   to laughata joke

   madattheir comments

10. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
    • 1995,Richard Klein,Cigarettes are Sublime,→ISBN,page41:

      […]to be soldatauction for sixty gold francs.

    • 2012,Sami Moubayed,Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus,→ISBN:

      A few days later, on 1 October, King Hussein opened the Jordanian Parliament by speakingatlength about the crisis in Syria,

11. Holding a givenspeedorrate.

    It is growingatthe rate of 3% a year.

    Cruising alongatfifty miles per hour.

12. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge)On thesubjectof;regarding.

    The twins were both badatchemistry.

    He slippedatmarksmanship over his extended vacation.

    • 2015,Sanyan Stories: Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection,→ISBN,page157:

      She’s goodatplaying musical instruments, singing and dancing, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

13. (Ireland,stressed pronunciation)Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
    • 1995Keith Wood, quoted in David Hughes, "Wood odds-on to take one against the head",inThe Independent(London) 18 January:

      I think ‘Jesus, my back isatme’. Then I get the ball. Off you go for 10 yards and you don’t feel a thing. Then you stop and think: ‘Jesus, it’satme again’[.]

    • 2014Marian Keyes "Antarctic Diary - Part 2"personal website (January 2014):

      He seems to be saying. “Ah, go on, you’re making the other lads feel bad.” But the 4th fella says, “No. Don’t be‘at’me. I’m just not in the form right now, I’ll stay where I am, thanks.”

14. (UK,Commonwealth,Ireland,especially finance)(alsoas at;before dates)On a particular date.
    • n.d.,quoted inLongmans Business Dictionary:

      balanceas at20th March 1999

Usage notes

• He threw the ball to me— (so I could catch it).
• He threw the ball at me— (trying to hit me with it).

• He talked to her— (conversationally).
• He shouted at her— (aggressively).

Derived terms

• at bank
• atmark
• atone
• atonement
• Atwater
• eat away at
• hereat
• thereat
• whereat
• where it's at

Translations

in or very near a particular place

• Albanian:në
• Arabic:عِنْد(ar)(ʕind)

  Egyptian Arabic:عند(ʕand)

  Hijazi Arabic:عِنْد(ʕind)

• Belarusian:у(u),ў(ŭ),пры(pry),каля́(kaljá)
• Breton:e(br)
• Bulgarian:при(bg)(pri),до(bg)(do),на(bg)(na),у(bg)(u)
• Burmese:မှာ(my)(hma),၌(my)(hnai.)
• Catalan:a(ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Tịch(yue)(hai²)(vernacular),Ở(zoi⁶)(formal)

  Mandarin:Ở(zh)

• Czech:u(cs),při(cs)
• Danish:på(da)
• Dutch:op(nl),bij(nl)
• Esperanto:ĉe(eo)
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Faroese:í(fo),á(fo),hjá(fo),til
• Finnish:-lla(fi),-llä(fi)(adessive case),-ssa(fi),-ssä(fi)(inessive case),(genetive +)luona(fi),(genetive +)tykönä(fi)
• French:à(fr),en(fr)
• Galician:en(gl)
• German:an(de),auf(de),bei(de),in(de),zu(de)
• Gothic:𐌰𐍄(at)
• Greek:στον(el)m(ston),στηf(sti),στο(el)n(sto),στουςmpl(stous),στις(el)fpl(stis),στα(el)npl(sta)

  Ancient Greek:please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew:אֵצֶל(he)(etsél)
• Hindi:पर(hi)(par),में(hi)(mẽ),से(hi)(se)
• Hungarian:-n(hu),-on(hu),-en(hu),-ön(hu)(superessive case),-nál(hu),-nél(hu)(adessive case)
• Icelandic:í(is),á(is)
• Ido:ye(io)
• Igbo:please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua:a(ia),in(ia)
• Irish:ag
• Italian:a(it),in(it)
• Japanese:...で(ja)(...de),... に(ja)(...ni)
• Korean:...에서(ko)(...eseo),...에(ko)(...e)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:لە(le)

  Northern Kurdish:li(ku)

• Ladin:please add this translation if you can
• Ladino:please add this translation if you can
• Lao:ທີ່(thī)
• Latgalian:pi
• Latin:dative case,in(la)
• Latvian:pie(lv)
• Lithuanian:locative case,pas(lt)
• Macedonian:во(vo),на(na),кај(kaj),при(pri)
• Malay:di(ms),dekat(ms)(informal)
• Maltese:please add this translation if you can
• Manchu:ᡩᡝ(de)
• Maori:i(mi)(in the past),kei(present time),hei(for future events),a(for future events)
• Mon:ပ္ဍဲ(pḍay)
• Navajo:-di,-gi
• Neapolitan:a
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål:på(no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk:på

• Occitan:a(oc),en(oc)
• Persian:در(phát)(dar)
• Polabian:ai̯,au̯
• Polish:w(pl),u(pl),przy(pl)
• Portuguese:em(pt)(not distinct from the senses expressed in English byinoron),por(pt),a(pt)(unproductive; only used with a few words, as inà mesa:at the table)
• Rapa Nui:i
• Romani:kaj
• Romanian:la(ro)
• Russian:в(ru)(v),на(ru)(na),у(ru)(u),во́зле(ru)(vózle)
• Sardinian:a,in
• Slovak:v(sk),pri,na(sk)
• Slovene:pri(sl),na(sl),ob(sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:wu,pśi

• Spanish:en(es)
• Sundanese:dina
• Swahili:karibu na
• Swedish:på(sv),vid(sv)
• Tamil:please add this translation if you can
• Telugu:వద్ద(te)(vadda)
• Thai:ที่(th)(tîi)
• Tibetan:ལ(la)
• Tok Pisin:long
• Turkish:-da(tr),-de(tr)
• Ukrainian:у(uk)(u),в(uk)(v),при(uk)(pry),біля́(uk)(biljá)
• Veps:please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese:ở tại,lúc(vi),vào(vi),ở(vi)
• Volapük:pö(vo)
• Võro:please add this translation if you can
• Votic:adessive case,inessive case
• Walloon:a(wa)
• Welsh:(in):yn(cy),mewn(cy);(near):wrth,ger(cy)
• Zealandic:bie,in,nessens(alongside)

indicating time

• Albanian:në
• Arabic:فِي(ar)(fī),عِنْدَ(ar)(ʕinda)

  Egyptian Arabic:في(fi)

  Hijazi Arabic:في(fi)

• Breton:da(br)
• Bulgarian:в(bg)(v),във(bg)(vǎv),на(bg)(na),през(bg)(prez)
• Burmese:မှာ(my)(hma),၌(my)(hnai.)
• Catalan:a(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:(no preposition is used, e.g.:)NămGiờ／NămGiờ(wǔ diǎnzhōng)orNămĐiểm／NămĐiểm(wǔ diǎn,literally“at five o'clock”)

• Cornish:dhe
• Czech:v(cs)
• Danish:på(da)
• Dutch:om(nl)
• Esperanto:je(eo)
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Faroese:please add this translation if you can
• Finnish:-lta(fi),-ltä(fi)(ablative case),-na(fi),-nä(essive case)
• French:à(fr)
• German:um(de)
• Gothic:𐌰𐍄(at)
• Greek:στον(el)m(ston),στηf(sti),στο(el)n(sto),στουςmpl(stous),στις(el)fpl(stis),στα(el)npl(sta)

  Ancient Greek:please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian:-kor(hu)(temporalis case)
• Icelandic:á(is),í(is)
• Igbo:please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua:a(ia)
• Irish:ag,ar
• Italian:a(it)(+ definite article)
• Japanese:...に(ja)(...ni)
• Korean:...에(ko)(...e)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:لە(le)

  Northern Kurdish:li(ku)

• Ladin:please add this translation if you can
• Ladino:please add this translation if you can
• Latin:ablativecase
• Latvian:please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian:во(vo)
• Malay:pada(ms)
• Maltese:fi
• Manchu:ᡩᡝ(de)
• Mòcheno:um
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål:please add this translation if you can

  Norwegian Nynorsk:please add this translation if you can

• Polish:o(pl),w(pl)
• Portuguese:a(pt)
• Romanian:la(ro)
• Russian:в(ru)(v)
• Slovak:o(sk)
• Slovene:ob(sl)
• Spanish:a(es)
• Swahili:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:vid(sv)
• Ukrainian:о(uk)(o)
• Veps:please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese:lúc(vi)
• Volapük:tü(vo)
• Võro:please add this translation if you can
• Votic:adessive case
• Walloon:a(wa)
• Welsh:am(cy),ar(cy)

in the direction of

• Albanian:në
• Arabic:صَوْب(ṣawb)

  Egyptian Arabic:ناحية(naḥyet)

• Bulgarian:при(bg)(pri),на(bg)(na),по вре́ме на(po vréme na)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Ở(zh)

• Czech:na(cs),do(cs)
• Danish:til(da)
• Dutch:op(nl)
• Esperanto:al(eo)
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Faroese:eftir(dative case)
• Finnish:-Vn(illative case),-lle(fi)(allative case),kohti(fi)
• French:vers(fr)
• German:nach(de),zu(de)
• Greek:στον(el)m(ston),στηf(sti),στο(el)n(sto),στουςmpl(stous),στις(el)fpl(stis),στα(el)npl(sta)

  Ancient Greek:please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian:-t(hu)(accusative case)
• Icelandic:að(is),til(is)
• Igbo:please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua:a(ia)
• Irish:ag
• Italian:a(it)
• Japanese:...に(ja)(...ni),...を(ja)(...o)
• Korean:...에게(ko)(...ege),...로(ko)(...ro),...에게로(...egero)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:لە(le)

  Northern Kurdish:li(ku)

• Ladin:please add this translation if you can
• Ladino:please add this translation if you can
• Lao:please add this translation if you can
• Latin:ad(la)
• Latvian:please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian:во(vo),на(na)
• Maltese:please add this translation if you can
• Manchu:ᡩᡝ(de)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål:på(no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk:på

• Polish:na(pl),do(pl)
• Portuguese:em(pt)
• Romanian:înspre(ro),spre(ro)
• Russian:в(ru)(v),на(ru)(na)
• Slovak:do(sk)
• Slovene:please add this translation if you can
• Spanish:a(es)
• Swahili:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:på(sv),mot(sv)
• Tamil:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:ณ(th)(nɔɔ)
• Tok Pisin:long
• Veps:please add this translation if you can
• Volapük:please add this translation if you can
• Võro:please add this translation if you can
• Votic:illative case,poolõ
• Walloon:a(wa)
• Welsh:at(cy)

denoting a price

• Albanian:please add this translation if you can
• Catalan:a(ca)
• Czech:za(cs)
• Danish:please add this translation if you can
• Dutch:aan(nl)
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Faroese:please add this translation if you can
• Finnish:à(fi)(unit price)
• French:à(fr)
• German:zu(de),für(de)
• Greek:periphrastically

  Ancient Greek:please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic:á(is),í(is)
• Igbo:please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Irish:ag,ar
• Italian:a(it),di(it)
• Korean:...에(ko)(...e)
• Ladin:please add this translation if you can
• Ladino:please add this translation if you can
• Latin:please add this translation if you can
• Latvian:please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can
• Maltese:please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål:please add this translation if you can

  Norwegian Nynorsk:please add this translation if you can

• Polish:za(pl)
• Portuguese:por(pt),a(pt)
• Russian:please add this translation if you can
• Slovak:za(sk)
• Slovene:please add this translation if you can
• Spanish:a(es)
• Swahili:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:för(sv),à(sv)(each)
• Veps:please add this translation if you can
• Volapük:please add this translation if you can
• Võro:please add this translation if you can
• Votic:elative case
• Welsh:am(cy)

occupied in (activity)

• Albanian:please add this translation if you can
• Ancient Greek:please add this translation if you can
• Czech:please add this translation if you can
• Danish:please add this translation if you can
• Dutch:please add this translation if you can
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Faroese:please add this translation if you can
• Finnish:-ssa(fi),-ssä(fi)(inessive case);(+ genitive)parissa(fi)
• French:à(fr)
• German:bei(de)
• Greek:periphrastically
• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic:við(is),í(is),á(is)
• Igbo:please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Irish:ag
• Italian:a(it)
• Ladin:please add this translation if you can
• Ladino:please add this translation if you can
• Latin:please add this translation if you can
• Latvian:please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can
• Maltese:please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian Bokmål:please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian Nynorsk:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:w(pl)
• Portuguese:a(pt)
• Russian:please add this translation if you can
• Slovak:please add this translation if you can
• Slovene:please add this translation if you can
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can
• Swahili:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:i(sv)
• Veps:please add this translation if you can
• Volapük:please add this translation if you can
• Võro:please add this translation if you can
• Votic:inessive case

Noun

at(pluralats)

2. Theat sign(@).

Translations

at sign—seeat sign

Verb

at(third-person singular simple presentats,present participleatting,simple past and past participleatted)

1. (informal,neologism)Rare form of@;to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face.(from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
   • 2022,William Morris,Motley Vision:

     If you have questions or observations on my discussion questions, feel free to reply to this email,atme on Twitter, or comment on the companion post on AMV.

Usage notes

Chiefly used in the phrase "don't @ me" / "don't at me". It can be used humorously when stated after an unpopular or ironic opinion, to forestall dissent.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

at

1. (Northern England,rare,possiblyobsolete)Alternative form of'at(relative pronoun; reduced form of “that” and/or “what”)
   • 1860,Robert Gordon Latham,Song of Solomon,as spoken in Durham [by Thomas Moore], inA hand-book of the English language:

     Tak us t’ foxes, t’ little foxesatspoils t’ veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.

Etymology 3

Noun

at(pluralatsorat)

1. Alternative form ofatt(Laos currency unit)

References

• “at”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• T&A,T.A.,T/A,TA,ta

Albanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromOttoman Turkishآت(at,“horse”).

Noun

átm(pluralatllárë,definiteáti)

1. saddle horse,steed

   Near-synonyms:kálë,hamshór

2. (figurative)stronghard-workingman

   Synonym:farán

Declension

Declension ofat

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	at	ati	atllarë	atllarët
accusative		atin
dative	ati	atit	atllarëve	atllarëve
ablative			atllarësh

Further reading

• “at”,inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe[Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
• “at”, inFGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2](in Albanian),1980
• Jungg,G.(1895) “at”, inFialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct[Small Albanian–Italian dictionary],page2*

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ат
Abjad		آت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑt/

• Audio(Baku):

  (file)

Etymology 1

FromProto-Turkic*at(“horse”).

Noun

at(definite accusativeatı,pluralatlar)

1. horse
2. (chess)knight

Declension

Declension ofat
	singular	plural
nominative	at	atlar
definite accusative	atı	atları
dative	ata	atlara
locative	atda	atlarda
ablative	atdan	atlardan
definite genitive	atın	atların

Possessive forms ofat
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atım	atlarım
sənin(“your”)	atın	atların
onun(“his/her/its”)	atı	atları
bizim(“our”)	atımız	atlarımız
sizin(“your”)	atınız	atlarınız
onların(“their”)	atıoratları	atları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atımı	atlarımı
sənin(“your”)	atını	atlarını
onun(“his/her/its”)	atını	atlarını
bizim(“our”)	atımızı	atlarımızı
sizin(“your”)	atınızı	atlarınızı
onların(“their”)	atınıoratlarını	atlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atıma	atlarıma
sənin(“your”)	atına	atlarına
onun(“his/her/its”)	atına	atlarına
bizim(“our”)	atımıza	atlarımıza
sizin(“your”)	atınıza	atlarınıza
onların(“their”)	atınaoratlarına	atlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atımda	atlarımda
sənin(“your”)	atında	atlarında
onun(“his/her/its”)	atında	atlarında
bizim(“our”)	atımızda	atlarımızda
sizin(“your”)	atınızda	atlarınızda
onların(“their”)	atındaoratlarında	atlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atımdan	atlarımdan
sənin(“your”)	atından	atlarından
onun(“his/her/its”)	atından	atlarından
bizim(“our”)	atımızdan	atlarımızdan
sizin(“your”)	atınızdan	atlarınızdan
onların(“their”)	atındanoratlarından	atlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	atımın	atlarımın
sənin(“your”)	atının	atlarının
onun(“his/her/its”)	atının	atlarının
bizim(“our”)	atımızın	atlarımızın
sizin(“your”)	atınızın	atlarınızın
onların(“their”)	atınınoratlarının	atlarının

Further reading

• “at”inObastan.

Etymology 2

Verb

at

1. second-personsingularimperativeofatmaq

Bikol Central

Etymology

BorrowedfromTagalogat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʔat/ [ʔat]

Conjunction

at(Basahan spellingᜀᜆ᜔)

1. (Daet)and

   Synonyms:asin,saka,buda,sagkod,nan,tapos

Central Puebla Nahuatl

Noun

at(inanimate)

1. :water

Chuukese

Noun

at

1. boy

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

FromProto-Turkic*at.

Noun

at

1. horse

Declension

Declension ofat

	singular	plural
nominative	at	atlar
genitive	atnıñ	atlarnıñ
dative	atqa	atlarğa
accusative	atnı	atlarnı
locative	atta	atlarda
ablative	attan	atlardan

References

• “at”,inLuğatçıq(in Russian)

Danish

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseat.Cognate withSwedishatt,Norwegianat.Probably fromProto-Germanic*þat,a demonstrative pronoun used as a conjunction; compareEnglishthat,Germandass,Dutchdat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ad/,[æ(d̥)],[æ(t)]

Conjunction

at

1. that(introduces anoun clausefunctioning as the subject, object or predicative of a verb, or as the object of a prepositional phrase)
   • 1986,Knud Erik Larsen,Bare ikke om søndagen‎^[3]:

     Knud hørte,atbedstefaren lagde værktøjet fra sig

     Knud heardthathis grandfather put down the tool.

   • 1876,J.P. Jacobsen,Fru Marie Grubbe‎^[4],volume 1, page67:

     Hun var overbevist omatdet var sandt.

     She was convincedthatit was true.

2. (archaic)that,in order that,so that(introduces anadverbial clausestating the purpose)
   • 1856,Christian Winther,Hr. Peder Jernskjæg,fromHjortens Flugt/https://kalliope.org/da/text/winther2018100610:

     Og Hjorten vil jeg fange, | At Korset jeg kan faae.

     And the deer, I will catch, that I may win the cross.

   • 1987,Thomas Bruun,Et paradisisk blik. Humoresker og grotesker:

     det er helvedes svært,atdu bare ved det.

     it is damned difficult, justthatyou know it.

   Synonym:for at

3. that,so that(introduces anadverbial clausestating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
   • 1902,Karin Michaëlis,Barnet‎^[5]:

     Jeg er saa fattig,atjeg sulter paa Sjæl og Legeme.

     I am so poorthatI starve in my soul and my body.

   Synonyms:så at,således at

4. that,why(introducing anindependent clause,expressing passion, surprise, anger, or joy)
   • 1901,Herman Bang,Det graa Hus‎^[6]:

     AtDe kan synge saa tidligt om Morgenen.

     Thatyou can sing that early in the morning.

5. (proscribed)added pleonastically to other conjunctions:fordi at,hvis at,når at
   • 2009,Frank Colding, Sejleren, p. 32 /https://books.google.dk/books?id=HCNperkZeKIC&pg=PA32:

     Forbavset aner min forstand, | at denne scenes sære magt | kun begribes,hvis atman | bevæger sig i dansetakt.

     Astonished, my mind senses that the strange power of this scene can only be understoodifone moves in dance steps.

References

• “at,1”inDen Danske Ordbog
• “at,1”inOrdbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseat,cognate withSwedishatt,Norwegianå.Originally the same word as the prepositionOld Norseat(“at, to”),fromProto-Germanic*at,cognate withEnglishat.Doubletofad). In the West Germanic languages, a different preposition,*tō(“to”),serves as the infinitive marker, cfEnglishto,Germanzu,Dutchte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ʌ],[ɒ̽]
• (at the beginning of a sentence)IPA^(key):[ʌ],[ɒ̽],/ad/,[æt]
• Homophone:og

Particle

at

1. to(infinitive-marker, obligatory when the infinitive functions as noun phrase or an adverbial phrase, but omitted when it is governed by a modal verb)

   Det er menneskeligtatfejle.

   It is humantofail.

2. introducing an adverb of direction after a phrase that normally governs an infinitive (which may be understoodelliptically)
   • 1992,Thøger Birkeland,Bette Nielses krig:

     Mon de da ikke snart skulle tilathjemad!

     Aren't they going to go home soon!

References

• “at,2”inDen Danske Ordbog
• “at,2”inOrdbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɑt

Verb

at

1. singularpastindicativeofeten
2. inflection ofatten:
   1. first/second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. imperative

Eastern Durango Nahuatl

Noun

at

1. water

Egyptian

Romanization

at

1. Manuel de Codage transliterationofꜥt.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛaːʰt/
• Rhymes:-ɛaːʰt
• Homophone:æt

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseat.

Preposition

at

1. at,towards,to[withdative]

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseat(“that”),fromProto-Germanic*þat(“that”).Cognate withMiddle Englishat(“that”,conjunction and relative pronoun),Scotsat(“that”,conjunction and relative pronoun).More atthat.

Conjunction

at

1. that

Etymology 3

FromOld Norseat(“at, to”),fromProto-Germanic*at(“at, to”).More atat.

Particle

at

1. toA particle used to mark the following verb as aninfinitive.

   Atlyfta.―To lift

Friulian

Etymology

FromLatinactus.Cognate withItalianatto.

Noun

atm(pluralats)

1. act,action,deed

Related terms

• azion

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromEnglishat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛt/

Noun

atn(strong,genitiveat,pluralats)

1. at,at-sign

   Synonyms:at-Zeichen,Klammeraffe

Etymology 2

Symbol

at

1. (dated,physics)Symbol fortechnischeAtmosphäre,a non-SIunit ofpressureused until 1978.

   Coordinate terms:atü,Pascal

Further reading

• “at”inDudenonline
• “at”inDudenonline
• “at”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gothic

Romanization

at

1. Romanization of𐌰𐍄

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions ofat– seeÁt( “tosnapsomething off; tobreaksomething; etc.” ). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jīform ofÁt).

Icelandic

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aːt/
• Rhymes:-aːt

Noun

atn(genitive singularats,nominative pluralöt)

1. fight

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster,Aran)IPA^(key):/ɑt̪ˠ/
• (Connemara,Mayo,Ulster)IPA^(key):/at̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

FromOld Irishatt(“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

Noun

atm(genitive singular as substantiveait,genitive as verbal nounata,nominative pluralatanna)

1. swelling
   • 1899,Franz Nikolaus Finck,Die araner mundart,volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page11:

     tāatə l̄āv m inīnə.

     [Táati lámh m’iníne.]

     My daughter has a swelling on her hand.

   • 1899,Franz Nikolaus Finck,Die araner mundart,volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page11:

     tā šȧxtn-ati n-ə wunāl.

     [Tá seachtn-atina mhuineál.]

     He has seven swellings on his neck.

   • 1899,Franz Nikolaus Finck,Die araner mundart,volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page11:

     kiŕ də lāv ə n̄-isḱə leš n̥t-atə wȳlū.

     [Cuir do lámh in uisce leis ant-ata maolú.]

     Put your hand in water to reduce the swelling.

2. verbal nounofat

Declension

Declension ofat

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative at atanna Vocative aait aatanna Genitive ait atanna Dative at atanna

Forms with thedefinite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative ant-at nahatanna Genitive anait nan-atanna Dative leis anat donat leis nahatanna

Etymology 2

FromOld Irishattaid(“swells, dilates, increases”,verb),fromatt(“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

Verb

at(presentatann,futureatfaidh,verbal nounat,past participleata)

1. (intransitive)swell

   Synonym:borr

   • 1899,Franz Nikolaus Finck,Die araner mundart,volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page11:

     tā ə h-ēdn̥atī.

     [Tá a héadanataithe.]

     Her face is swollen.

   • 1899,Franz Nikolaus Finck,Die araner mundart,volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page11:

     tā mə lāvatī.

     [Tá mo lámhataithe.]

     My hand is swollen.

2. (intransitive)bloat
3. (intransitive,of sea)heave

Conjugation

conjugation ofat(first conjugation– A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ataim	atanntú; atair†	atannsé, sí	ataimid	atannsibh	atannsiad; ataid†	aatann;aatas/ an-atann*	atar
	past	d'atmé;d'atas/ atmé‡;atas‡	d'attú;d'atais/ attú;atais‡	d'atsé, sí / atsé, sí‡	d'atamar;d'atmuid / atamar;atmuid‡	d'atsibh;d'atabhair/ atsibh; atabhair‡	d'atsiad;d'atadar/ atsiad;atadar‡	ad'at/ arat*	atadh; hatadh†
	past habitual	d'atainn/ atainn‡;n-atainn‡‡	d'atá/ atá‡;n-atᇇ	d'atadhsé, sí / atadhsé, sí‡;n-atadhsé, s퇇	d'ataimis;d'atadhmuid / ataimis;atadhmuid‡;n-ataimis‡‡;n-atadhmuid‡‡	d'atadhsibh / atadhsibh‡;n-atadhsibh‡‡	d'ataidís;d'atadhsiad / ataidís;atadhsiad‡;n-ataidís‡‡;n-atadhsiad‡‡	ad'atadh/ an-atadh*	d'ataí/ ataí‡;n-ata퇇
future		atfaidhmé; atfad	atfaidhtú; atfair†	atfaidhsé, sí	atfaimid; atfaidhmuid	atfaidhsibh	atfaidhsiad; atfaid†	aatfaidh;aatfas/ an-atfaidh*	atfar
conditional		d'atfainn/atfainn‡;n-atfainn‡‡	d'atfá/atfá‡;n-atfᇇ	d'atfadhsé, sí /atfadhsé, sí‡;n-atfadhsé, s퇇	d'atfaimis;d'atfadhmuid /atfaimis‡;atfadhmuid‡;n-atfaimis‡‡;n-atfadhmuid‡‡	d'atfadhsibh /atfadhsibh‡;n-atfadhsibh‡‡	d'atfaidís;d'atfadhsiad /atfaidís‡;atfadhsiad‡;n-atfaidís‡‡;n-atfadhsiad‡‡	ad'atfadh/ an-atfadh*	d'atfaí/atfaí‡;n-atfa퇇
subjunctive	present	gon-atamé; gon-atad†	gon-atatú; gon-atair†	gon-atasé, sí	gon-ataimid; gon-atamuid	gon-atasibh	gon-atasiad; gon-ataid†	—	gon-atar
	past	dán-atainn	dán-atá	dán-atadhsé, sí	dán-ataimis; dán-atadhmuid	dán-atadhsibh	dán-ataidís; dán-atadhsiad	—	dán-ataí
imperative		ataim	at	atadhsé, sí	ataimis	ataigí; ataidh†	ataidís	—	atar
verbal noun		at
past participle		ata

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis(exceptan)

• Alternative past participle:ataithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	withh-prothesis	witht-prothesis
at	n-at	hat	not applicable
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “at”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S.(1904) “at”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla,1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page42
• Dinneen, Patrick S.(1927) “ataim”,inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla,2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• “at”,inNew English-Irish Dictionary,Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2024

Kapampangan

Etymology

ComparePangasinantaandtan,Remontado Agtaat,Tagalogat,Malaydan,Indonesiandan,Hawaiiana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈat/ [ˈät]

Conjunction

at

1. and

   Synonyms:saka,ampo,atsaka

   Pakibilisanatbawal mabagal.

   Do it fasterandstop being slow.

Preposition

at

1. with

   Mapagpasubukatalang pamagkakelanganan.

   to be a challengerwithno hesitations.

Ladin

Etymology

FromLatinactus.

Noun

atm(pluralac)

1. act
2. action
3. work

Latin

Etymology

FromProto-Indo-European*h₂éti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/at/,[ät̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/at/,[ät̪]

Conjunction

at

1. introduces a different but not completely opposing thought:but,yet,moreover,on theotherhand,on thecontrary,still
   • 29BCE– 19BCE,Virgil,Aeneid4.1:

     Atrēgīna [...].

     Butthe Queen [...].
     (This phrase, which begins Book 4, recurs twice more to begin subsections within the book: cf. 4.296, 4.504.)

2. whereas

Synonyms

• ast
• sed
• tamen(postpositive)

Derived terms

• atquī

References

• "at",inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "at",inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• atin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• De Vaan, Michiel(2008)Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages(Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[7],Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN

Livonian

Alternative forms

• attõ,āt,ātõ

Verb

at

1. third-personpluralpresentindicativeofvȱlda

Middle English

Etymology 1

FromOld Englishæt,fromProto-Germanic*at,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd.

Alternative forms

• et,ed

Preposition

at

1. at

Descendants

• English:at
• Scots:at
• Yola:adh,ad

References

• “at,prep.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseat.

Particle

at

1. (Northern,northern East Midlands)to(infinitive-marker)

References

• “at,adv.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

North Frisian

Etymology 1

Article

at(Föhr-Amrum)

1. the(feminine and neuter definite article, reduced form)

   Coordinate term:(full form)det

Usage notes

• The article formatcan be used with all feminine and neuter nouns. However, some original feminines may still take the older forma(otherwise now restricted to masculines). This group of feminines consists of a limited number of everyday words, including those for relatives, body parts and items of clothing. The articleais used with these especially in a possessive sense. For example:Hi heeahun breegen.(“He broke the [i.e. his] hand.”)

Alternative forms

• e,et(Mooring)

See also

Articles (Föhr-Amrumdialect)

		masculine	feminine / neuter	plural
definite / demonstrative	full	de	det	dön
	reduced	a	at,'t	a
indefinite / numeral	full	een	ian	—
	reduced	en
negative		neen	nian
While the feminine gender has generally been merged into the neuter, a certain number of traditionally feminine nouns still alternatively take the reduced definite articleaalongsideat. The form'tisencliticand occurs only after prepositions.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

at(Föhr-Amrum)

1. Reduced form ofhat(“it”,subject)
2. Reduced form ofham(“it”,object)

Usage notes

• The formatis always unstressed, but not necessarilyencliticlike other reduced forms.

Alternative forms

• 't(enclitic)
• et(Mooring,Sylt)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrumdialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced			attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi		man	min		minen
	2nd	dü	–	di		dan	din		dinen
	3rd m.	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin		sinen
	3rd f. / n.	hat	at,'t		at,'t
plural	1st	wi	'f	üs		üüs			üüsen
						üsens
	2nd	jam	'm	jam		jau			jauen
						jamens
	3rd	jo	's	jo	's	hör			hören
						hörens
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic;they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions.Düis deleted altogether in such contexts.Atis not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. Inreflexiveuse, only full object forms occur. Dual formswat / onkandjat / jonkare obsolete, as is femininejü / hör. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. The formsüsens,jamens,hörensare used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Etymology 3

FromOld Frisianjit,fromProto-West Germanic*jit(“you two”).Regarding the Sylt Frisian formsat(“the two of you”)versusjat(“the two of them”),it is clear thatjatbecame at some point associated withja,jam,jaar(“they, them, their”).For a whilejatmust have had both senses, which was facilitated by the general overlap between second-person and third-person plural forms in North Frisian; comparejam,which means “them” on Sylt, “you [plural]” on Föhr and Anrum, and both of these in Mooring Frisian. The formatmay have been originally an enclitic byform ofjat,or may have been backformed later to reintroduce a distinction between second and third person.

Pronoun

at(Sylt,dated)

1. youtwo,the two of you(second-person dual personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

• jat(Föhr-Amrum,Mooring,bothobsolete)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Syltdialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		singular referent	plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced		attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi		min		minen
	2nd	dü	–	di		din		dinen
	3rd m.	hi	'r	höm	'n	sin		sinen
	3rd f.	jü	's	höör	's	höör		höören
	3rd n.	hat	et,'t	höm	et,'t	sin		sinen
dual	1st	wat		unk				unken
	2nd	at		junk				junken
	3rd	jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st	wü		üüs				üüsen
	2nd	i		juu				juuen
	3rd	ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic;they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions.Düis deleted altogether in such contexts.Etis not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject formhatis now rarely used. Inreflexiveuse, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromOld Norseat.Cognate withDanishatandSwedishatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at/,[ɑt]

Conjunction

at

1. that

References

“at”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromOld Norseat.Cognate withDanishatandSwedishatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑtː/
• Homophone:att

Conjunction

at

1. that

References

“at”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• it(second-person singular)
• ata(third-person plural relative)

Pronunciation

• (second-person singular):IPA^(key):/at/
• (third-person plural relative):IPA^(key):/ad/

Verb

at

1. inflection ofis:
   1. second-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. third-personpluralpresentindicativerelative

Old Norse

Etymology 1

FromProto-Germanic*atą.Related toOld Norseetja.

Noun

atn(genitiveats,pluralǫt)

1. conflict,fight,battle

Declension

Declension ofat(stronga-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	at	atit	ǫt	ǫtin
accusative	at	atit	ǫt	ǫtin
dative	ati	atinu	ǫtum	ǫtunum
genitive	ats	atsins	ata	atanna

Descendants

• Icelandic:at

Etymology 2

FromProto-Germanic*þat(“that”).Cognate withOld Englishþæt,Gothic𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰(þata).Doublet ofþat;for similar loss ofþ-compareanfromProto-Germanic*þan.

Conjunction

at

2. that
3. since,because,as

Descendants

• Icelandic:að
• Faroese:at
• Norwegian:at
• Swedish:att
• Danish:at

Etymology 3

FromProto-Germanic*at(“at, to”).Cognate withOld Englishæt,Old Frisianet,Old Saxonat,Old High Germanaz,Gothic𐌰𐍄(at).

Particle

at

1. to(infinitive particle)

Descendants

• Icelandic:að
• Faroese:at
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål:å
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:å
• Swedish:att
• Danish:at

Preposition

at

1. (with dative)at,to
2. (with dative)according to

   atheiðnum lǫgum

   according toheathen law

3. (with dative)from,when acquiring something

   hann þá mjǫðatgoðum

   he received meadfromthe gods

   ek nam frǿðiatSnorra

   I learned wisdomfromSnorri

Descendants

• Icelandic:að
• Faroese:at
• Norwegian Nynorsk:åt
• Old Swedish:at,āt
  • Swedish:åt
• Old Danish:at
  • Danish:ad
    • Norwegian Bokmål:ad

References

• "at",inGeir T. Zoëga (1910)A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic,Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 4

From earlierapt,fromProto-Norseᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ(after),ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉ(ᴀfatʀ/⁠afᵃtr⁠/).Related toeptir,ept.

Preposition

at

1. (with accusative)after,following,in memory of
   • Hávamál

   sjaldan bautarsteinar · standa brautu nær
   nema reisi niðratnið

   menhirs [do] seldom stand near the road, unless a kinsman raise onein memory ofa kinsman

   • Grágás

     sonr á at taka arfatfǫður sinn

     the son ought to take inheritanceafterhis father

Pipil

Etymology

FromProto-Nahuan*aatl,fromProto-Uto-Aztecan*pa-ta.CompareClassical Nahuatlātl(“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at/

Noun

at(pluralahat)

1. water

   Xiconi chopiat

   Drink somewater

2. rain

   Axcan huetziat

   Today it'sraining

3. river

   Nemi ne tacat itempan neat

   The man is on theriverbank

Derived terms

• -ayo(“soup, broth; juice; liquid”)

Pnar

Etymology

FromProto-Khasian*ʔa:t,fromProto-Mon-Khmer*as ~ ʔəs.Cognate withKhasiat,Riang[Sak]ʔas¹,Nyaheunʔaːjh,Pacohayh,Semaias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at/

Verb

at

1. toswell

Pochutec

Etymology

FromProto-Nahuan*aatl,fromProto-Uto-Aztecan*pa-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈat/

Noun

at

1. water

References

• Boas, Franz(1917July) “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, inInternational Journal of American Linguistics(in Spanish), volume 1, number 1,→DOI,→JSTOR,pages9–44
• Knab, Tim (1980July) “When is a language really dead: The case of Pochutec”, inInternational Journal of American Linguistics,volume46,number 3,→DOI,→JSTOR,pages230–233

Salar

Etymology

FromProto-Turkic*at.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua,Hualong,Qinghai)IPA^(key):[ˀɑ̥tʰ]
• (Ili,Yining,Xin gian g)IPA^(key):/ɑtʰ/

Noun

at

1. horse

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “ат”,inТангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия(in Russian),page428
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “at”,inStroj salárskovo jazyká[Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page296
• Lâm liên vân[Lin Lianyun] (1985) “at”,inRải kéo ngữ giản chí[A Brief History of Salar]‎^[8],Beijing:Dân tộc nhà xuất bản: Cầm thư cửa hàng,→OCLC,page 5
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “at”,inAn Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[9],Tokyo: University of Tokyo,→ISBN,page47
• Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “at”,inSalar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎^[10],1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag,→ISBN,pages45, 106, 180
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “at”,in Mina Wahl ngải so bố kéo (Minavar Abibra), editor,Rải duy hán từ điển (Sāwéihàncídiǎn)[Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing,→ISBN,page22
• She, Xiu Cun (2015) “at”,inRải kéo ngữ giọng nói nghiên cứu[Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research]‎^[11],China:Thượng Hải đại học nhà xuất bản,→ISBN,pages44, 292
• Mã vĩ (Ma Wei), triều khắc (Chao Ke) (2016) “at”,inLâm nguy ngôn ngữ —— rải kéo ngữ nghiên cứu[Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], thanh hải (Qinghai): Quốc gia khoa học xã hội quỹ hạng mục (National Social Science Foundation Project), page263

Scots

Etymology 1

Preposition

at

1. at

Etymology 2

Pronoun

at

1. (especiallyBlack Isle)what
2. that(which)

References

• 2018,Robert McColl Millar,Modern Scots:An Analytical Survey,pages 13-14:

  [The] Scots dialects of the Black Isle, a promontory to the north of Inverness, were largely confined to two villages, Cromarty and Avoch, which are not fully connected to the North- East Scots- speaking regions to the east of Inverness[…]The Black Isle dialects (North Northern B) shared much with their Caithness equivalents. With one feature, however, they stood alone, not only in the North or even Scotland, but in the English-speaking world.[…]the <wh> words were not replaced by /f/, as is the case with the other Northern dialects, but bynothing.The Scots equivalent to Englishwhat,which isfitorfatin the rest of the Scots-speaking North, wasatin Cromarty and Avoch.[…]a good case could be made for the last speaker of archetypically 'Black Isle Scots' dying in 2012.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

FromOld Irishatt.

Noun

atm

1. swelling,tumour
2. protuberance,prominence

Derived terms

• at-bràghad(“quinsy; tonsillitis”)
• at-chuisle(“aneurysm”)
• at-fhuachd(“chilblain”)
• at-reum(“swelling in the back of the mouth”)

Etymology 2

FromOld Irishattaid(“swells, dilates, increases”,verb),fromatt(“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

Verb

at(pastdh'at,futureataidh,verbal nounatoratadh,past participleathte)

1. swell,fester,puff up,becometumid
2. swell, as in the sea

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	withh-prothesis	witht-prothesis
at	n-at	h-at	t-at
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “at”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan[The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[12],10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “att”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “attaid”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Selaru

Etymology

FromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat,fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

Numeral

at

1. four

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishآت(at).

Noun

atm(Cyrillic spellingат)

1. steed
2. Arabian(horse)

Declension

Declension ofat

	singular	plural
nominative	at	ati / atovi / atlari
genitive	ata	ata / atova / atlara
dative	atu	atima / atovima / atlarima
accusative	ata	ate / atove / atlare
vocative	ate	ati / atovi / atlari
locative	atu	atima / atovima / atlarima
instrumental	atom	atima / atovima / atlarima

Derived terms

• atkinja
• atlija
• atmejdan
• atski

Simeulue

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat,fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

Numeral

at

1. four

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 't—after words ending with vowel

Etymology

ComparePangasinanta(“because”)andtan(“and”),andRemontado Agtaat(“and; because”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔat/[ʔɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes:-at
• Syllabification:at

Conjunction

at(Baybayin spellingᜀᜆ᜔)

1. and

   Synonym:saka

2. as;for;because

   Synonyms:dahil,kasi

   Bilisan moatako'y aalis na.

   Do it faster,asI'm leaving soon.

Derived terms

• 'tsaka
• at ano
• at saka
• tsaka

Anagrams

• ta

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):[ʔʌ̀tʰ]

Pronoun

at

1. fourth-person non-human object pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something")
2. fourth-person non-human possessive pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something's" )

Derived terms

• at ashoowatán
• at áatʼláni
• at chʼéx̱ʼdi
• at danáayi
• at dáli
• at daakayéx̱aa lítaa
• at daayí
• at daayí ḵákw
• at daa.ideidí
• at dultʼéexʼ
• at duxáshgu
• at gutu.ádi
• at gutú
• at éewu
• at kachʼáakʼu
• at kahéeni
• at kasayé
• at katáxʼaa
• at katé
• at kax̱útʼti
• at ka.áax̱u
• at káx̱ adéli
• at kaawaxúkw
• at kaayí
• at kuna.áaḵw
• at kookeidí
• at kʼé
• at layeix̱ sʼaatí
• at la.át
• at luxʼaaḵáawu
• at natéeyi
• at sag̱ahaayí
• at sax̱án
• at sʼaan.ax̱w dzáas
• at sʼéilʼi
• at shax̱ishdi dzáas
• at shí
• at shí ḵóok
• at sheexʼí
• at sheeyí
• at shooḵ
• at tugáni
• at tux̱ʼwánsʼ
• at tʼaa.éexʼi
• at tsʼíkʼwti
• at uhéini
• at wujaaḵw
• at wulyáaḵw
• at wulyú
• at wuskú yís át ḵuwduwateen
• at wuskóowu
• at wooskú daakahídi
• at xáshdi téel
• at xáshdi xʼóow
• at xʼaan aaní
• at xʼaan hídi
• at x̱aagú shakee.át
• at x̱ʼawóosʼ
• at x̱ʼéeshi
• at yahaayí xʼúxʼ kshaxeet
• at yana.á
• at yawusḵá
• at yátxʼi daa yoo at kooneik ḵáa
• at yáa awuné
• atkʼátskʼu
• atxaayí
• atx̱a át
• atx̱á
• atx̱aaxʼí sáani
• atyátxʼi
• at.óow

Tocharian B

Etymology

An apocopated form ofate(“id”)

Adverb

at

1. away

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q.(2013) “at”, inA Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged(Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN,page 9

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

FromEnglishheart.

Noun

at

1. heart

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

FromOttoman Turkishآت(at,“horse”),fromProto-Turkic*at,*ăt(“horse”).Cognate withKarakhanidاَتْ(at,“horse”),Old Turkic𐱃(t¹/⁠at⁠/,“horse”).

Noun

at(definite accusativeatı,pluralatlar)

1. horse
2. (chess)knight

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	at
Definite accusative	atı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	at	atlar
Definite accusative	atı	atları
Dative	ata	atlara
Locative	atta	atlarda
Ablative	attan	atlardan
Genitive	atın	atların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular atım atlarım 2nd singular atın atların 3rd singular atı atları 1st plural atımız atlarımız 2nd plural atınız atlarınız 3rd plural atları atları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular atımı atlarımı 2nd singular atını atlarını 3rd singular atını atlarını 1st plural atımızı atlarımızı 2nd plural atınızı atlarınızı 3rd plural atlarını atlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular atıma atlarıma 2nd singular atına atlarına 3rd singular atına atlarına 1st plural atımıza atlarımıza 2nd plural atınıza atlarınıza 3rd plural atlarına atlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular atımda atlarımda 2nd singular atında atlarında 3rd singular atında atlarında 1st plural atımızda atlarımızda 2nd plural atınızda atlarınızda 3rd plural atlarında atlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular atımdan atlarımdan 2nd singular atından atlarından 3rd singular atından atlarından 1st plural atımızdan atlarımızdan 2nd plural atınızdan atlarınızdan 3rd plural atlarından atlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular atımın atlarımın 2nd singular atının atlarının 3rd singular atının atlarının 1st plural atımızın atlarımızın 2nd plural atınızın atlarınızın 3rd plural atlarının atlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular atım atlarım 2nd singular atsın atlarsın 3rd singular at attır atlar atlardır 1st plural atız atlarız 2nd plural atsınız atlarsınız 3rd plural atlar atlardır

Derived terms

• at arabası
• at at oluncaya kadar sahibi mat olur
• at bakıcısı
• at beslenirken kız istenirken
• at binenin, kılıç kuşananın
• at binicisine göre kişner
• at bulunur meydan bulunmaz, meydan bulunur at bulunmaz
• at cambazı
• at çalındıktan sonra ahırın kapısını kapamak
• at donu
• at gibi
• at gözlüğü
• at hırsızı
• at ile avrat yiğidin bahtına
• at izi it izine karışmak
• at kestanesi
• at koşturmak
• at meydanı
• at nalı
• at olur, meydan olmaz; meydan olur, at olmaz
• at oynatmak
• at sineği
• at var, meydan yok
• at yedi günde, it yediği günde
• at yiğidin yoldaşıdır
• atçı
• atla deve değil
• atlanmak
• atlı
• atlıkarınca
• atsız

Etymology 2

Verb

at

1. second-personsingularimperativeofatmak

Further reading

• “at”,inTurkish dictionaries,Türk Dil Kurumu

Turkmen

Etymology 1

FromProto-Turkic*at,*ăt(“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑt/

Noun

at(definite accusativeaty,pluralatlar)

1. horse

Declension

Declension ofat

	singular	plural
nominative	at	atlar
accusative	aty	atlary
genitive	atyň	atlaryň
dative	ata	atlara
locative	atda	atlarda
ablative	atdan	atlardan

Etymology 2

FromProto-Turkic*āt(“name”).Cognate withOld Turkic𐰀𐱃(at¹,“name”),Chuvashят(jat,“name”),Turkishad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑːt/

Noun

āt(definite accusativeādy,pluralātlar)

1. name

Declension

Declension ofāt

	singular	plural
nominative	āt	ātlar
accusative	ādy	ātlary
genitive	ādyň	ātlaryň
dative	āda	ātlara
locative	ātda	ātlarda
ablative	ātdan	ātlardan

Further reading

• “at”inEnedilim
• “at”inWebonary.org

Volapük

Determiner

at

1. (demonstrative)this
   • 1931,Arie de Jong,Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Kafatbinon naudodik.

     Thiscoffee is disgusting.

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate withYagnobiашт(ašt).

Numeral

at

1. eight

Welsh

Etymology

Variant ofOld Welshad(alongside the now-obsoleteadd), fromProto-Celtic*ad,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at/
• Rhymes:-at

Preposition

at(triggers soft mutation)

1. to,towards
2. for
3. at
4. by

Usage notes

• Atis often used to indicate direction "to" a person in contrast toi,which indicates direction "to" a place or "(in order) to" do an action.
  • Rwy'n myndaty meddyg.―I'm goingtothe doctor.
  • Rwy'n myndi'r feddygfa.―I'm goingtothe surgery.
  • Rwy'n myndiweld y meddyg.―I'm goingtosee the surgery.

Seeoddi wrthfor a similar distinction for "from".

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)

	Singular	Plural
First person	ataf	atom
Second person	atat	atoch
Third person	atom atif	atynt

Personal forms (colloquial)

	Singular	Plural
First person	atoi/fi,atai	atonni
Second person	atotti,atatti	atochchi
Third person	atofe/fom atihif	atynnhw

Derived terms

• agos atoch(“friendly, intimate”)
• tuag at(“towards”)
• Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "at"

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɔt/

Conjunction

at

1. if

   Synonym:as

Further reading

• “at”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at̪/

Noun

at

1. man
2. male
3. husband

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[13],Pacific linguistics

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

at(definite formatmi)

1. year

Yola

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishthat, thet, yat,fromOld Englishþæt,fromProto-Germanic*þat.

Alternative forms

• et,thet,that,th',y'at

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/at/,/ɛt/,/ðɛt/,/ðat/

Pronoun

at

1. that,which
   • 1867,“A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 3, page84:

     Atby mizluck was ee-pit t'drive in.

     Whoby misluck was placed to drive in.

   • 1867,“A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 5, page86:

     Ataar errone was var ameing 'ar 'ngish ee-height.

     Thattheir errand was aiming to bring anguish upon them.

   • 1867,“A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number13,page90:

     Heatnouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,

     Hethatknows what to say, mischief fetch the man,

   • 1867,“VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 3, page100:

     Atye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.

     Thatyou may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

   • 1867,“THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page102:

     Dhree brailès o' beanès, an a keowatwas yole,

     Three barrels of beans, and a cowthatwas old,

Derived terms

• 'twode

Etymology 2

FromMiddle Englisheten,fromOld Englishetan,fromProto-West Germanic*etan.

Alternative forms

• ayth,eight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/iːt/
• Homophones:ete,ayght

Verb

at(second-person singulareighthest,present participleatheen,simple pastat)

1. toeat

Etymology 3

FromMiddle Englishāt,fromOld Englishǣt.Cognate withScotseet(“ate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/iːt/

Verb

at

1. simplepastofat
   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Ichatmee dhree meales.

     Iatemy three meals.

Usage notes

• Yolaat(eat) andat(ate) are homophones.

References

• 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, published1867,page23