# at
## English
### Pronunciation

* (stressed) enPR: ăt, IPA: /æt/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Homophone: @
** Rhymes: -æt
* (unstressed) IPA: /ət/
** Homophone: it (unstressed; only in some accents)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).

#### Preposition

at
* In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
    Caesar was at Rome; a climate treaty was signed at Kyoto in 1997.
    I was at Jim’s house at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine.
    at the bottom of the page; sitting at the table; at church; at sea
** 1919, Plutarch, “The Life of Cicero” in Parallel 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 remain at Rome.
** 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 ± stipitate at the base.
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain):
    Today my friend Marsha is at her friend’s house.
       Audio (US):(file)
** Attending (an educational institution).
    She's at Oxford University, studying chemistry.
** Working for (a company) or in (a place or situation).
    He used to be at Lehman Brothers. Now he's at Merrill Lynch.
    "Where does he work?" — "I think he's still at the solicitors."
** Indicating distance or direction relative to the speaker.
    Target at five miles. Prepare torpedoes.
    Look out! UFO at two o'clock!
* Present or taking place during (an event).
    Was he at the meeting?
    There was a big fight at the class reunion.
* Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
    at six o’clock; at dawn; at closing time; at the age of twelve; at night; at the moment
** 1838, The Family Magazine:Lafayette was major-general in the American army at the age of 18 […]
** 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the 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. At 10 a.m. I am writing.
       Audio (US):(file)
** (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance) (also as at; before dates) On (a particular date).
*** n.d., quoted in Longmans Business Dictionary:
    balance as at 20th March 1999
* In the direction of; towards; (often implied to be in a hostile or careless manner).
    Don’t just talk at someone; really listen to what they have to say.
    He threw the ball at me.
    He shouted at her.
    She pointed at the curious animal.
** 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a 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.”
** 2023 July 9, Barbie, spoken by Ken (Ryan Gosling):Come on in. I’ll play the guitar at you.
* Indicating action bearing upon something, especially continued or repeated action.
    Don't pick at your food!
    My cat keeps scratching at the furniture.
    I was working at the problem all day.
* In response or reaction to.
    At my request, they agreed to move us to another hotel.
    He jumped at the sudden noise.
    We laughed at the joke.
    She was mad at their comments.
* Occupied in (activity).
    men at work; children at play
* In a state of.
    The two countries are at war.
    She is at sixes and sevens with him.
    They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.
* Subject to.
    We hope that the event will go ahead, but we are at the whim of the weather.
    The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
* Denotes a price.
    3 apples at 2¢ (each)
    The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
* Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
    Sell at $90.
    Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.
    I’m offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
    The river is at its highest in spring.
    These babies weigh in at ten tons apiece.
    at best; at most; at worst; at least
* In certain phrases, used to indicate the manner in which something happens or is done.
    The car came towards me at speed.
    He spoke at great length on the topic.
    The winner will be chosen at random.
** 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 speaking at length about the crisis in Syria,
* Indicates a specific speed or rate that is maintained by something.
    We were cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
    It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.
* Indicates a means or method.
    "How was the painting sold?" — "At auction."
** 1995, Richard Klein, Cigarettes are Sublime, →ISBN, page 41:[…] to be sold at auction for sixty gold francs.
* (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
    The twins were both bad at chemistry.
    He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
** 2015, Sanyan Stories: Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection, →ISBN, page 157:She’s good at playing musical instruments, singing and dancing, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
* (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
** 1995 Keith Wood, quoted in David Hughes, "Wood odds-on to take one against the head", in The Independent (London) 18 January:
    I think ‘Jesus, my back is at me’. 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’s at me again’[.]
** 2014 Marian 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.”
* Also used in various other idiomatic combinations: at a pinch, at all, at fault, at pains, at risk, at that, etc.; see the individual entries.

##### 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
#### Noun

at (plural ats)
* The at sign (@).

##### Translations
#### Verb

at (third-person singular simple present ats, present participle atting, simple past and past participle atted)
* (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, at me 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, in order to forestall dissent.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

at
* (Northern England, rare, possibly obsolete) 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], in A hand-book of the English language:
    Tak us t’ foxes, t’ little foxes at spoils t’ veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

at (plural ats or at)
* Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit)

### References

* “at”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* T&A, T.A., T/A, TA, ta

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آت (at, “horse”).

### Noun

át m (plural atllárë, definite áti)
* saddle horse, steed
    Near-synonyms: kálë, hamshór
* (figurative) strong hard-working man
    Synonym: farán

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “at […] 2)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 20
* ↑ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “at”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 48–49

### Further reading

* “at”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Jungg, G. (1895) “at”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2*

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑt/
* Audio (Baku):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).

#### Noun

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)
* horse
* (chess) knight

##### Declension
#### See also

Chess pieces in Azerbaijani · şahmat fiqurları (layout · text) :
| şah | vəzir | top | fil | at | piyada |

#### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ăt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

#### Further reading

* “at” in Obastan.com.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

at
* second-person singular imperative of atmaq

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog at.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔat/ [ʔat]

### Conjunction

at (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)
* (Daet) and
    Synonyms: asin, saka, buda, sagkod, nan, tapos

## Central Puebla Nahuatl
### Noun

at (inanimate)
* water

## Chuukese
### Noun

at
* boy

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *at.

### Noun

at
* horse

#### Declension
### References

* “at”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian at. Probably from Proto-Germanic *þat, a demonstrative pronoun used as a conjunction; compare English that, German dass, Dutch dat.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ad/, [æ(d̥)], [æ(t)]

#### Conjunction

at
* that (introduces a noun clause functioning 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:Knud hørte, at bedstefaren lagde værktøjet fra sigKnud heard that his grandfather put down the tool.
** 1876, J.P. Jacobsen, Fru Marie Grubbe‎, volume 1, page 67:Hun var overbevist om at det var sandt.She was convinced that it was true.
* (archaic) that, in order that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the purpose)
** 1856, Christian Winther, Hr. Peder Jernskjæg, from Hjortens 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, at du bare ved det.it is damned difficult, just that you know it.
    Synonym: for at
* that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
** 1902, Karin Michaëlis, Barnet‎:Jeg er saa fattig, at jeg sulter paa Sjæl og Legeme.I am so poor that I starve in my soul and my body.
    Synonyms: så at, således at
* that, why (introducing an independent clause, expressing passion, surprise, anger, or joy)
** 1901, Herman Bang, Det graa Hus‎:At De kan synge saa tidligt om Morgenen.That you can sing that early in the morning.
* (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 at man | bevæger sig i dansetakt.
       Astonished, my mind senses that the strange power of this scene can only be understood if one moves in dance steps.

#### References

* “at,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “at,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse at, cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian å. Originally the same word as the preposition Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at, cognate with English at. Doublet of ad). In the West Germanic languages, a different preposition, *tō (“to”), serves as the infinitive marker, cf English to, German zu, Dutch te.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Particle

at
* 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 menneskeligt at fejle.It is human to fail.
* introducing an adverb of direction after a phrase that normally governs an infinitive (which may be understood elliptically)
** 1992, Thøger Birkeland, Bette Nielses krig:Mon de da ikke snart skulle til at hjemad!Aren't they going to go home soon!

#### References

* “at,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “at,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑt

### Verb

at
* singular past indicative of eten
* inflection of atten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Eastern Durango Nahuatl
### Noun

at
* water

## Egyptian
### Romanization

at
* Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥt.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛaːʰt/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːʰt
* Homophone: æt

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse at.

#### Preposition

at
* at, towards, to [with dative]

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse at (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”). Cognate with Middle English at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun), Scots at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun). More at that.

#### Conjunction

at
* that

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, to”). More at at.

#### Particle

at
* to A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.
    At lyfta. ― To lift

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin actus. Cognate with Italian atto.

### Noun

at m (plural ats)
* act, action, deed

#### Related terms

* azion

## German
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English at.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛt/

#### Noun

at n (strong, genitive at, plural ats)
* at, at-sign
    Synonyms: at-Zeichen, Klammeraffe

### Etymology 2
#### Symbol

at
* (dated, physics) Symbol for technische Atmosphäre, a non-SI unit of pressure used until 1978.
    Coordinate terms: atü, Pascal

### Further reading

* “at” in Duden online
* “at” in Duden online
* “at” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Gothic
### Romanization

at
* Romanization of 𐌰𐍄

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of at – see 遏 (“to snap something off; to break something; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 遏).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːt/
* Rhymes: -aːt

### Noun

at n (genitive singular ats, nominative plural öt)
* fight

#### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ɑt̪ˠ/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /at̪ˠ/, [aːt̪ˠ]
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /at̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

#### Noun

at m (genitive singular as substantive ait, genitive as verbal noun ata, nominative plural atanna)
* swelling
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:tā at ə l̄āv m inīnə.[Tá at i lámh m’iníne.]My daughter has a swelling on her hand.
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:tā šȧxt n-at i n-ə wunāl.[Tá seacht n-at ina mhuineál.]He has seven swellings on his neck.
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:kiŕ də lāv ə n̄-isḱə leš n̥ t-at ə wȳlū.[Cuir do lámh in uisce leis an t-at a maolú.]Put your hand in water to reduce the swelling.
* verbal noun of at

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
at
atanna
vocative
a ait
a atanna
genitive
ait
atanna
dative
at
atanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-at
na hatanna
genitive
an ait
na n-atanna
dative
leis an at don at
leis na hatanna :

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, verb), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

#### Verb

at (present atann, future atfaidh, verbal noun at, past participle ata)
* (intransitive) swell
    Synonym: borr
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:tā ə h-ēdn̥ atī.[Tá a héadan ataithe.]Her face is swollen.
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:tā mə lāv atī.[Tá mo lámh ataithe.]My hand is swollen.
* (intransitive) bloat
* (intransitive, of sea) heave

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | at | at | at | at | at | at | at | at |
| past participle | ata | ata | ata | ata | ata | ata | ata | ata |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | ataim | atann tú; atair$^†$ | atann sé, sí | ataimid | atann sibh | atann siad; ataid$^†$ | a atann; a atas / a n-atann* | atar |
| past | d'at mé; d'atas / at mé‡; atas‡ | d'at tú; d'atais / at tú; atais‡ | d'at sé, sí / at sé, sí‡ | d'atamar; d'at muid / atamar; at muid‡ | d'at sibh; d'atabhair / at sibh; atabhair‡ | d'at siad; d'atadar / at siad; atadar‡ | a d'at / ar at* | atadh; hatadh$^†$ |
| past habitual | d'atainn / atainn‡; n-atainn‡‡ | d'atá / atá‡; n-atá‡‡ | d'atadh sé, sí / atadh sé, sí‡; n-atadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'ataimis; d'atadh muid / ataimis; atadh muid‡; n-ataimis‡‡; n-atadh muid‡‡ | d'atadh sibh / atadh sibh‡; n-atadh sibh‡‡ | d'ataidís; d'atadh siad / ataidís; atadh siad‡; n-ataidís‡‡; n-atadh siad‡‡ | a d'atadh / a n-atadh* | d'ataí / ataí‡; n-ataí‡‡ |
| future | atfaidh mé; atfad | atfaidh tú; atfair$^†$ | atfaidh sé, sí | atfaimid; atfaidh muid | atfaidh sibh | atfaidh siad; atfaid$^†$ | a atfaidh; a atfas / a n-atfaidh* | atfar |
| conditional | d'atfainn / atfainn‡; n-atfainn‡‡ | d'atfá / atfá‡; n-atfá‡‡ | d'atfadh sé, sí / atfadh sé, sí‡; n-atfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'atfaimis; d'atfadh muid / atfaimis‡; atfadh muid‡; n-atfaimis‡‡; n-atfadh muid‡‡ | d'atfadh sibh / atfadh sibh‡; n-atfadh sibh‡‡ | d'atfaidís; d'atfadh siad / atfaidís‡; atfadh siad‡; n-atfaidís‡‡; n-atfadh siad‡‡ | a d'atfadh / a n-atfadh* | d'atfaí / atfaí‡; n-atfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go n-ata mé; go n-atad$^†$ | go n-ata tú; go n-atair$^†$ | go n-ata sé, sí | go n-ataimid; go n-ata muid | go n-ata sibh | go n-ata siad; go n-ataid$^†$ | — | go n-atar |
| past | dá n-atainn | dá n-atá | dá n-atadh sé, sí | dá n-ataimis; dá n-atadh muid | dá n-atadh sibh | dá n-ataidís; dá n-atadh siad | — | dá n-ataí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | ataim | at | atadh sé, sí | ataimis | ataigí; ataidh$^†$ | ataidís | — | atar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
* Alternative past participle: ataithe

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 128, page 26
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “att”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “attaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “at”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “at”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 42
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ataim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* “at”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Compare Pangasinan ta and tan, Remontado Agta at, Tagalog at, Malay dan, Indonesian dan, Hawaiian a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat/ [ˈät]

### Conjunction

at
* and
    Synonyms: saka, ampo, atsaka
    Pakibilisan at bawal mabagal.Do it faster and stop being slow.

### Preposition

at
* with
    Mapagpasubuk at alang pamagkakelanganan.to be a challenger with no hesitations.

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin actus.

### Noun

at m (plural ac)
* act
* action
* work

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈat/, [ˈät̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈat/, [ˈät̪]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éti.

#### Conjunction

at
* introduces a different but not completely opposing thought: but, yet, moreover, on the other hand, on the contrary, still
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.1:At rēgīna [...].But the Queen [...]. (This phrase, which begins Book 4, recurs twice more to begin subsections within the book: cf. 4.296, 4.504.)
* whereas

##### Synonyms

* ast
* sed
* tamen (postpositive)

##### Derived terms

* atquī

### Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of ad. See aliquit#Etymology.

#### Preposition

at (+ accusative)
* Alternative spelling of ad (“towards, to”)
** 1490 – 1500, Iovianus Pontanus, Hendecasyllaborum seu Baiarum libri duo 1.30.26:At te balneolae tuae bearunt,

### References

* "at", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "at", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "at", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium 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)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* attõ, āt, ātõ

### Verb

at
* third-person plural present indicative of vȱlda

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English æt, from Proto-Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

#### Alternative forms

* et, ed

#### Preposition

at
* at

##### Descendants

* English: at
* Scots: at
* Yola: adh, ad

##### References

* “at, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse at.

#### Particle

at
* (Northern, northern East Midlands) to (infinitive-marker)

##### References

* “at, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1
#### Article

at (Föhr-Amrum)
* the (feminine and neuter definite article, reduced form)
    Coordinate term: (full form) det

##### Usage notes

* The article form at can be used with all feminine and neuter nouns. However, some original feminines may still take the older form a (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 article a is used with these especially in a possessive sense. For example: Hi hee a hun breegen. (“He broke the [i.e. his] hand.”)

##### Alternative forms

* e, et (Mooring)

##### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

at (Föhr-Amrum)
* Reduced form of hat (“it”, subject)
* Reduced form of ham (“it”, object)

##### Usage notes

* The form at is always unstressed, but not necessarily enclitic like other reduced forms.

##### Alternative forms

* 't (enclitic)
* et (Mooring, Sylt)

##### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
* The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

### Etymology 3

From Old Frisian *jit, from Proto-West Germanic *jit (“you two”). Regarding the Sylt Frisian forms at (“the two of you”) versus jat (“the two of them”), it is clear that jat became at some point associated with ja, jam, jaar (“they, them, their”). For a while jat must have had both senses, which was facilitated by the general overlap between second-person and third-person plural forms in North Frisian; compare jam, which means “them” on Sylt, “you [plural]” on Föhr and Amrum, and both of these in Mooring Frisian. The form at may have been originally an enclitic byform of jat, or may have been backformed later to reintroduce a distinction between second and third person.

#### Pronoun

at (Sylt, dated)
* you two, the two of you (second-person dual personal pronoun)

##### Alternative forms

* jat (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, both obsolete)

##### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, 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

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at/, [ɑt]

### Conjunction

at
* that

### References

“at” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑtː/
* Homophone: att

### Conjunction

at
* that

### References

“at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* (second-person singular): IPA: /at/
* (third-person plural relative): IPA: /ad/

### Verb

at
* inflection of is:
** second-person singular present indicative
** third-person plural present indicative relative

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *atą. Related to Old Norse etja.

#### Noun

at n (genitive ats, plural ǫt)
* conflict, fight, battle

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: at

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”). Cognate with Old English þæt, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Doublet of þat; for similar loss of þ- compare an from Proto-Germanic *þan.

#### Conjunction

at
* that
* since, because, as

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *at (“at, to”). Cognate with Old English æt, Old Frisian et, Old Saxon at, Old High German az, Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at).

#### Particle

at
* to (infinitive particle)

##### Descendants

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

#### Preposition

at
* at, to [with dative]
* according to [with dative]
    at heiðnum lǫgumaccording to heathen law
* from, when acquiring something [with dative]
    hann þá mjǫð at goðumhe received mead from the gods
    ek nam frǿði at SnorraI learned wisdom from Snorri

##### Descendants

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

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “at”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 4

From earlier apt, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉ (ᴀfatʀ /⁠afᵃtr⁠/). Related to eptir, ept.

#### Preposition

at
* after, following, in memory of [with accusative]
** Hávamál
    sjaldan bautarsteinar · standa brautu nær nema reisi niðr at niðmenhirs [do] seldom stand near the road, unless a kinsman raise one in memory of a kinsman
** Grágás
    sonr á at taka arf at fǫður sinnthe son ought to take inheritance after his father

## Pipil
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl ātl (“water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at/

### Noun

at (plural ahat)
* water
    Xiconi chopi atDrink some water
* rain
    Axcan huetzi atToday it's raining
* river
    Nemi ne tacat itempan ne atThe man is on the riverbank

#### Derived terms

* -ayo (“soup, broth; juice; liquid”)

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *ʔa:t, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *as ~ ʔəs. Cognate with Khasi at, Riang [Sak] ʔas¹, Nyaheun ʔaːjh, Pacoh ayh, Semai as.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at/

### Verb

at
* to swell

## Pochutec
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa-ta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat/

### Noun

at
* water

### References

* Boas, Franz (1917 July) “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 9–44
* Knab, Tim (1980 July) “When is a language really dead: The case of Pochutec”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 46, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 230–233

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *at.

### Pronunciation

* (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA: [ˀɑ̥tʰ]
* (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: /ɑtʰ/

### Noun

at
* horse

### References

* ↑ Lianyun (1985): p. 5
* ↑ Dywer (2007): pp. 188, 191-192
* ↑ Kunlun (2015): p. 44, 292
* ↑ Yakup (2002): p. 42
* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “ат”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “at”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 296
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “at”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 5
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “at”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 47
* Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “at”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎, 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 45, 106, 180
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “at”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 22
* She, Xiu Cun (2015) “at”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research]‎, China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN, pages 44, 292
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “at”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 263

## Scots
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

at
* at

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

at
* (especially Black Isle) what
* 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 by nothing. The Scots equivalent to English what, which is fit or fat in the rest of the Scots-speaking North, was at in 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

From Old Irish att.

#### Noun

at m
* swelling, tumour
* 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

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, verb), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).

#### Verb

at (past dh'at, future ataidh, verbal noun at or atadh, past participle athte)
* swell, fester, puff up, become tumid
* swell, as in the sea

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

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

## Selaru
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

at
* four

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آت (at).

### Noun

at m (Cyrillic spelling ат)
* steed
* Arabian (horse)

#### Derived terms

* atkinja
* atlija
* atmejdan
* atski

## Simeulue
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

at
* four

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* 't — after words ending with vowel

### Etymology

Compare Pangasinan ta (“because”) and tan (“and”), and Remontado Agta at (“and; because”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔat/ [ʔɐt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: at

### Conjunction

at (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)
* and
    Synonyms: saka, pati
* as; for; because
    Synonyms: dahil, kasi
    Bilisan mo at ako'y aalis na.Do it faster, as I'm leaving soon.

#### Derived terms

* 'tsaka
* at ano
* at saka
* tsaka

### Anagrams

* ta

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

IPA: [ʔʌ̀tʰ]

### Pronoun

at
* fourth-person non-human object pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something")
* fourth-person non-human possessive pronoun (roughly equivalent to "something's")

#### Derived terms

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

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

An apocopated form of ate (“id”)

### Adverb

at
* away

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “at”, in A 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

From English heart.

### Noun

at
* heart

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑt/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آت (at, “horse”), from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَتْ (at, “horse”), Old Turkic 𐱃 (t¹ /⁠at⁠/, “horse”).

#### Noun

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)
* horse
* (chess) knight

##### Declension

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
* second-person singular imperative of atmak

### Further reading

* “at”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Turkmen
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑt/

#### Noun

at (definite accusative aty, plural atlar)
* horse

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐱃 (at¹, “name”), Chuvash ят (jat, “name”), Turkish ad.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːt/

#### Noun

āt (definite accusative ādy, plural ātlar)
* name

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “at” in Enedilim.com
* “at” in Webonary.org

## Volapük
### Determiner

at
* (demonstrative) this
** 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:Kaf at binon naudodik.This coffee is disgusting.

## Wakhi
### Etymology

Cognate with Yagnobi ашт (ašt).

### Numeral

at
* eight

## Welsh
### Etymology

Variant of Old Welsh ad (alongside the now-obsolete add), from Proto-Celtic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at/
* Rhymes: -at

### Preposition

at (triggers soft mutation)
* to, towards
* for
* at
* by

#### Usage notes

* At is often used to indicate direction "to" a person in contrast to i, which indicates direction "to" a place or "(in order) to" do an action.
** Rwy'n mynd at y meddyg. ― I'm going to the doctor.
** Rwy'n mynd i'r feddygfa. ― I'm going to the surgery.
** Rwy'n mynd i weld y meddyg. ― I'm going to see the surgery.
    See oddi wrth for a similar distinction for "from".

#### Derived terms

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

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔt/

### Conjunction

at
* if
    Synonym: as

#### Further reading

* “at”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at̪/

### Noun

at
* man
* male
* husband

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

at (definite form at mi)
* year

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English that, thet, yat, from Old English þæt, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

#### Alternative forms

* et, thet, that, th', y'at

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at/, /ɛt/, /ðɛt/, /ðat/, /ð/, /jat/

#### Pronoun

at
* that, which
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:At by mizluck was ee-pit t'drive in.Who by misluck was placed to drive in.
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:At aar errone was var ameing 'ar 'ngish ee-height.That their errand was aiming to bring anguish upon them.
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:He at nouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,He that knows what to say, mischief fetch the man,
** 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.
** 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:Dhree brailès o' beanès, an a keow at was yole,Three barrels of beans, and a cow that was old,

##### Derived terms

* 'twode

### Etymology 2

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan. Cognate with Scots ait (“to eat”).

#### Alternative forms

* ayth, eight

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːt/
* Homophone: ayght

#### Verb

at (second-person singular eighthest, present participle atheen)
* to eat
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Ich at mee dhree meales.I ate my three meals.

### 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, published 1867, page 23