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See also: Appendix:Variations of "at"

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Pronunciation

• (strong form):
  • IPA^(key): /æt/, [æʔ]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -æt
• (weak form):
  • IPA^(key): /ət/
  • (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ɪt/
  • Homophone: (some accents) it
• Hyphenation: at
• Homophone: @

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Germanic *at

Old English æt

Middle English at

English at

From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, 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

1. 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.

   1. Attending (an educational institution).

      She's at Oxford University, studying chemistry.

   2. 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.'

   3. Indicating distance or direction relative to the speaker.

      Target at five miles. Prepare torpedoes.

      Look out! UFO at two o'clock!

2. Present or taking place during (an event).

   Was he at the meeting?

   There was a big fight at the class reunion.

4. 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 Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hi, Anne. Are you busy? — Hi, Anna. Yes. At 10 a.m. I am writing.

   • 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in Time‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 April 2026:

     At 21, I moved to New York City to pursue acting.

   1. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance and law) (also as at; before dates) On (a particular date).
      • n.d., quoted in Longmans Business Dictionary:

        balance as at 20th March 1999

      • 1980 October 25, “Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction”, in Hague Conference on Private International Law‎^[4], archived from the original on 7 October 2026:

        at the date of the commencement of the proceedings before the judicial or administrative authority of the Contracting State where the child is

5. 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.

   Stones were thrown at us, but we couldn't see who did.

   He shouted at her.

   She pointed at the curious animal.

   He glanced over (at her).

   • 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Occupied in (activity).

   men at work; children at play

9. 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.

10. 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.

12. Denotes a price.

    3 apples at 2¢ (each)

    The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.

    • 2026, Ginny Graves, “The Most Important Health Metric You're Not Tracking”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 19:

      At $40 to $50, a basic blood pressure cuff is a lot more affordable than a smartwatch.

13. 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

14. 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,

15. Indicates a specific speed or rate that is maintained by something.

    We were cruising along at well over the speed limit of fifty miles per hour.

    It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.

    • 1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 588:

      Here in Franklin Bay during our first season we hurtle along at 20 knots, dodging ice floes littering the surface.

16. 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.

17. (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 holiday.

    The longer and harder you think, the better you'll be at foreseeing problems.

    • 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.

18. (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.”

19. 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

• ampersat
• at bank
• atmark
• atone
• atonement
• Atwater
• eat away at
• hereat
• near at hand
• 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 (w), 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: 喺 (yue) (hai²) (vernacular), 在 (zoi⁶) (formal)

  Mandarin: 在 (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), στη (el) f (sti), στο (el) n (sto), στους (el) m pl (stous), στις (el) f pl (stis), στα (el) n pl (sta)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew: אֵצֶל (he) ('étsel)
• 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), apud (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 (ckb) (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: locative case, ad (la), apud (la)
• Latvian: pie (lv)
• Lithuanian: locative case, pas (lt), prie
• 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)
• Māori: 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:

  Bokmål: på (no)

  Nynorsk: på

• Occitan: a (oc), en (oc)
• Persian: در (fa) (dar)
• Polabian: ai̯, au̯
• Polish: w (pl), u (pl), przy (pl)
• Portuguese: em (pt) (not distinct from the senses expressed in English by in or on), por (pt), a (pt) (unproductive; only used with a few words, as in à 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 (su)
• Swahili: karibu na
• Swedish: på (sv), vid (sv)
• Tamil: -இல் (-il)
• 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)
• Woiwurrung: jeyou
• 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) (văv), на (bg) (na), през (bg) (prez)
• Burmese: မှာ (my) (hma), ၌ (my) (hnai.)
• Catalan: a (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no preposition is used, e.g.: 五點鐘 / 点钟 or 五點 / 点 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 (fi) (essive case)
• French: à (fr)
• German: um (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍄 (at)
• Greek: στον (el) m (ston), στη (el) f (sti), στο (el) n (sto), στους (el) m pl (stous), στις (el) f pl (stis), στα (el) n pl (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 (ckb) (le)

  Northern Kurdish: li (ku)

• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: ablative case
• 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:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

  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), ad (es) (dated)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: vid (sv)
• Tamil: -கு (-ku), -இல் (-il)
• 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: 向 (zh) (xiàng)

• Czech: na (cs), do (cs)
• Danish: til (da)
• Dutch: op (nl), naar (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), στη (el) f (sti), στο (el) n (sto), στους (el) m pl (stous), στις (el) f pl (stis), στα (el) n pl (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), -으로 (ko) (-euro), -에게로 (-egero)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لە (ckb) (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:

  Bokmål: på (no)

  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: -இடம் (-iṭam), -ஐ (-ai)
• 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: voor (nl), tegen (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:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: za (pl)
• Portuguese: por (pt), a (pt)
• Russian: по (ru) (po)
• 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)
• Tamil: -இல் (-il)
• 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
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• 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: -ssa (fi), -ssä (fi) (inessive case); (+ genitive) parissa (fi)
• French: à (fr)
• German: bei (de)
• Greek: periphrastically

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• 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

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: w (pl)
• Portuguese: a (pt)
• Russian: в (ru) (v)
• 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)
• Tamil: -இல் (-il)
• 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

in response or reaction to

• Spanish: ante (es)

Noun

at (plural ats)

2. The at sign (@).

Usage notes

• Can sometimes be used between square brackets in substitution of @ in emails
  • jon.smith[at]example.com or jon.smith [at] example.com

Translations

at sign — see at sign

Verb

at (third-person singular simple present ats, present participle atting, simple past and past participle atted)

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, 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

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. saddle horse, steed

   Near-synonyms: kálë, hamshór

2. (figurative) strong hard-working man

   Synonym: farán

Declension

Declension of at

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

Further reading

• Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “at”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[5], 1980
• Jungg, G. (1895), “at”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2*

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ат
Arabic		آت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑt]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).

Noun

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of at

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

Possessive forms of at

	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”)	atı or atları	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”)	atını or atlarını	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”)	atına or atlarına	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”)	atında or atlarında	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”)	atından or atlarından	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”)	atının or atlarının	atlarının

Etymology 2

Verb

at

1. second-person singular imperative of atmaq

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “at”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[6] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 156

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔat/ [ʔat]

Conjunction

at (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)

1. (Daet) and

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

Central Puebla Nahuatl

Noun

at inan

1. water

Chuukese

Noun

at

1. boy

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *at.

Noun

at

1. horse

Declension

Declension of at

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

References

• “at”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/, [æd̥], [æ]

Conjunction

at

1. 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^[7]:

     Knud hørte, at bedstefaren lagde værktøjet fra sig

     Knud heard that his grandfather put down the tool.

   • 1876, J.P. Jacobsen, Fru Marie Grubbe‎^[8], volume 1, page 67:

     Hun var overbevist om at det var sandt.

     She was convinced that it was true.

2. (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

3. that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
   • 1902, Karin Michaëlis, Barnet‎^[9]:

     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

4. that, why (introducing an independent clause, expressing passion, surprise, anger, or joy)
   • 1901, Herman Bang, Det graa Hus‎^[10]:

     At De kan synge saa tidligt om Morgenen.

     That you 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 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

Inherited from Old Danish at, 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^(key): /ɔ/, [ʌ], [ɒ̽], (in the beginning of a phrase or formal) IPA^(key): /at/, [æd̥]
• 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 menneskeligt at fejle.

   It is human to fail.

2. 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^(key): /ɑt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑt

Verb

at

1. singular past indicative of eten
2. inflection of atten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Eastern Durango Nahuatl

Noun

at

1. water

Egyptian

Romanization

at

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥt.

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse at.

Preposition

at

1. 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

1. that

Etymology 3

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

Particle

at

1. 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)

1. act, action, deed

Related terms

• azion

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛt/

Noun

at n (strong, genitive at, plural ats)

1. at, at-sign

   Synonyms: at-Zeichen, Klammeraffe

Etymology 2

Symbol

at

1. (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^[11] (in German)

Gothic

Romanization

at

1. 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^(key): [ˈaːt]
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

at n (genitive singular ats, nominative plural öt)

1. fight

Declension

Declension of at (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	at	atið	öt	ötin
accusative	at	atið	öt	ötin
dative	ati	atinu	ötum	ötunum
genitive	ats	atsins	ata	atanna

Irish

Pronunciation

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

1. 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.

2. verbal noun of at

Declension

Declension of at (first 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)

1. (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.

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of at (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	ataim	atann tú; atair†	atann sé, sí	ataimid; atann muid	atann sibh	atann siad; ataid†	a atann; a atas	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	atadh; hatadh†
past habitual	d'atainn / atainn‡	d'atá / atá‡	d'atadh sé, sí / atadh sé, sí‡	d'ataimis; d'atadh muid / ataimis‡; atadh muid‡	d'atadh sibh / atadh sibh‡	d'ataidís; d'atadh siad / ataidís‡; atadh siad‡	a d'atadh	d'ataí / ataí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	atfaidh mé; atfad	atfaidh tú; atfair†	atfaidh sé, sí	atfaimid; atfaidh muid	atfaidh sibh	atfaidh siad; atfaid†	a atfaidh; a atfas	atfar
conditional	d'atfainn / atfainn‡	d'atfá / atfá‡	d'atfadh sé, sí / atfadh sé, sí‡	d'atfaimis; d'atfadh muid / atfaimis‡; atfadh muid‡	d'atfadh sibh / atfadh sibh‡	d'atfaidís; d'atfadh siad / atfaidís‡; atfadh siad‡	a d'atfadh	d'atfaí / atfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	ataim	at	atadh sé, sí	ataimis	ataigí; ataidh†	ataidís	—	atar
past participle	ata
verbal noun	at

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

• Alternative past participle: ataithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of at

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
at	n-at	hat	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “at”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “at”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ataim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• “at”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Jamaican Creole

Etymology 1

Inherited from English hat.

Noun

at (plural at dem, quantified at)

1. hat

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keHy-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti

Proto-Indo-European *kéHidʰeti

Proto-Indo-European *kéHidos

Proto-Germanic *haitaz

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt

Middle English hot

English hot

Jamaican Creole at

Inherited from English hot.

Adjective

at

1. hot

Further reading

• at at majstro.com
• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[12], 2015, Glossary‎^[13]

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat/ [ˈat]

Conjunction

at

1. and

   Synonyms: saka, ampo, atsaka, pati, mo, man

   Pakibilisan at bawal mabagal.

   Do it faster and stop being slow.

Preposition

at

1. with

   Mapagpasubuk at alang pamagkakelanganan.

   to be a challenger with no hesitations.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin actus.

Noun

at m (plural ac)

1. act
2. action
3. work

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈat]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈat]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éti

Proto-Italic *ati

Latin at

Inherited from Proto-Italic *ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éti.

Conjunction

at

1. introduces a different but not completely opposing thought: but, yet, moreover, on the other hand, on the contrary, still
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.)

   • 1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland]‎^[14], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 4, page 3:

     Hoc Seculo qvinto factum eſſe oportet, cum certum ſit, Hengiſtum tunc temporis floruiſſe; at fides tamen hujus rei penes Authorem eſto.

     [hōc sēculō quīntō factum esse oportet, cum certum sit, Hengistum tunc temporis flōruisse; at fidēs tamen hujus reī penes authōrem estō]

     It must be that this occurred in the fifth century, since it is certain that Hengist flourished at that time; but, nevertheless, let the credibility of this matter rest with the author.

2. whereas

Synonyms

• ast
• sed
• tamen (postpositive)

Derived terms

• atquī

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of ad. See aliquit#Etymology.

Preposition

at (+ accusative)

1. alternative spelling of ad (“towards, to”)
   • 1490 – 1500, Iovianus Pontanus, Hendecasyllaborum seu Baiarum libri duo 1.30.26:

     At te balneolae tuae bearunt,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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, 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. (Northern, Northeast Midland) to (infinitive-marker)

References

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

Middle Welsh

Etymology 1

Variant of Old Welsh ad, from Proto-Celtic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Preposition

at

1. to, towards

Inflection

Inflected forms

	singular	plural
first person	attaf	attam / attan / attom
second person	attat	attawch
third person	attaw m attei / etti f	attaðunt / attunt

Further reading

• Evans, D. Simon (1964), A Grammar of Middle Welsh (Medieval and Modern Welsh Series; supplementary volume), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 63 (a), page 59

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Verb

at

1. soft mutation of gat

Mutation

Mutated forms of gat

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gat	at	gat pronounced with /ŋ-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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 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 (but not restricted to) those for relatives, body parts and items of clothing. The article a is used with these especially when the sense is either possessive or generic (i.e. referring to a thing as such without regard to any particular item). For example: Hi hee a hun breegen. (“He broke the [i.e. his] hand.”) At wiar so stal üüs uun a sark. (“It was so silent as at the [i.e. any] church.”)

Alternative forms

• e, et (Mooring)

See also

Articles (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

		singular		plural
		m	f / n
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 article a alongside at.
The form 't is enclitic and occurs only after prepositions.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

at (Föhr-Amrum)

1. Reduced form of hat (“it”, subject)
2. 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

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

			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
		f or 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

• 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)

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

Alternative forms

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

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

			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
		f	jü	's	höör	's		höör		höören
		n	hat	et, 't	höm	et, 't		sin		sinen
dual	1st		wat		unk		unk		unken
	2nd		at		junk		junk		junken
	3rd		jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st		wü		üüs		üüs		üüsen
	2nd		i		juu		juu		juuen
	3rd		ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren

• 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^(key): /at/, [ɑt]

Conjunction

at

1. that

References

“at” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑtː/
• Homophone: att

Conjunction

at

1. that

References

“at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

Noun

āt n

1. food

Declension

Declension of āt (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	āt	āt
accusative	āt	āt
genitive	ātes	āto
dative	āte	āton

Derived terms

• āton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: âet
  • Dutch: aat

References

• “āt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Irish

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• (second-person singular): IPA^(key): /at̪/
• (third-person plural relative): IPA^(key): /ad̪/

Verb

at

1. inflection of is:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. 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)

1. conflict, fight, battle

Declension

Declension of at (strong a-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

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

2. that
3. 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

1. to (infinitive particle)

Descendants

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

Preposition

at

1. at, to [with dative]
2. according to [with dative]

   at heiðnum lǫgum

   according to heathen law

3. from, when acquiring something [with dative]

   hann þá mjǫð at goðum

   he received mead from the gods

   ek nam frǿði at Snorra

   I 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

1. after, following, in memory of [with accusative]
   • Hávamál

   sjaldan bautarsteinar · standa brautu nær
   nema reisi niðr at nið

   menhirs [do] seldom stand near the road, unless a kinsman raise one in memory of a kinsman

   • Grágás

     sonr á at taka arf at fǫður sinn

     the son ought to take inheritance after his father

Pipil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Noun

at (plural ahat)

1. water

   Xiconi chopi at

   Drink some water

2. rain

   Axcan huetzi at

   Today it's raining

3. river

   Nemi ne tacat itempan ne at

   The 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^(key): /at/

Verb

at

1. to swell

Pochutec

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat/

Noun

at

1. water

References

• Boas, Franz (July 1917), “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 (July 1980), “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

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *at.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ˀɑ̥tʰ]
• (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /ɑtʰ/

Noun

at (3rd person possessive atı, plural atlar)

1. horse

Declension

Declension of at

	singular	plural
nominative	at	atlar
genitive	atniği	atlarniği
dative	ata	atlara
definite accusative	atnı	atlarnı
locative	atda	atlarda
ablative	atdan	atlardan
instrumental	atla	atlarla
pronominal	atqı	atlarğı
indefinite article	at-or	atlar-or
definite article	atçük	atlarcük

Possessive declension of at

	nominative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atım	atımlar
siniği ("your")	atıñ	atıñlar
aniği ("their")	atı	atılar
piserniği ("our")	atımız	atımızlar
selerniği ("your")	atıñız	atıñızlar
ularniği ("their")	atı	atılar
	accusative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atımnı	atımlarnı
siniği ("your")	atıñnı	atıñlarnı
aniği ("their")	atını	atılarnı
piserniği ("our")	atımıznı	atımızlarnı
selerniği ("your")	atıñıznı	atıñızlarnı
ularniği ("their")	atını	atılarnı
	dative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atıma	atımlara
siniği ("your")	atıña	atıñlara
aniği ("their")	atığa	atılara
piserniği ("our")	atımıza	atımızlara
selerniği ("your")	atıñıza	atıñızlara
ularniği ("their")	atığa	atılara
	locative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atımda	atımlarda
siniği ("your")	atıñda	atıñlarda
aniği ("their")	atıda	atılarda
piserniği ("our")	atımızda	atımızlarda
selerniği ("your")	atıñızda	atıñızlarda
ularniği ("their")	atıda	atılarda
	ablative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atımdan	atımlardan
siniği ("your")	atıñdan	atıñlardan
aniği ("their")	atıdan	atılardan
piserniği ("our")	atımızdan	atımızlardan
selerniği ("your")	atıñızdan	atıñızlardan
ularniği ("their")	atıdan	atılardan
	instrumental
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	atımla	atımlarla
siniği ("your")	atıñla	atıñlarla
aniği ("their")	atıla	atılarla
piserniği ("our")	atımızla	atımızlarla
selerniği ("your")	atıñızla	atıñızlarla
ularniği ("their")	atıla	atılarla

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893), “ат”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия [Tangutsko-Tibetskaja okraina Kitaja i Centralʹnaja Mongolija] (in Russian), page 428
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “at”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 296
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “at”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[15], 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^[16], 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^[17], 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 [Sā-Wéi-Hàn cídiǎn, Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 22
• 舍秀存 [She Xiucun] (2015), “at”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Salar Phonetic Research]‎^[18], China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN, pages 44, 292
• 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “at”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 263

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English at.

Preposition

at

1. at

Etymology 2

Pronoun

at

1. (especially Black 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 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

1. swelling, tumour
2. protuberance, prominence
3. verbal noun of at

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)

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

Mutation

Mutation of at

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
at	n-at	h-at	t-at

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

1. four

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آت (at).

Noun

at m anim (Cyrillic spelling ат)

1. steed
2. Arabian (horse)

Declension

Declension of at

	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

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

Numeral

at

1. four

Sougb

Verb

at

1. hit

Declension

Inflection of at

subject			simple	irrealis	instrumental	irrealis instrumental
singular	first-person		dat	demat	dat	damat
	second-person		bat	bemat	bat	bamat
	third-person		at	emat	at	amat
dual	first-person	exclusive	amat	amemat	amat	amamat
		inclusive	nat	namat	nat	namat
	second-person		yat	yemat	yat	yamat
	third-person		lat	lemat	lat	lamat
plural	first-person	exclusive	emat	ememat	emat	emamat
		inclusive	mat	mamat	mat	mamat
	second-person		yat	yemat	yat	yamat
	third-person		lat	lemat	lat	lamat

References

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

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

Conjunction

at (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)

1. and

   Synonyms: saka, pati

2. as; for; because

   Synonyms: dahil, kasi

   Bilisan mo at ako'y aalis na.

   Do it faster, as I'm leaving soon.

Derived terms

• at ano
• at saka
• bagamat
• bakit
• bawat
• datapwat
• kahimat
• kahinyamat
• kahit
• mayapat
• ngunit
• subalit

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 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

1. 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

1. heart

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat/, [ˈɑt]

• 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)

1. horse

   Synonyms: beygir, düldül

2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of at

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
• atkuyruğu
• atla deve değil
• atlanmak
• atlı
• atlıkarınca
• atsız

Etymology 2

Verb

at

1. second-person singular imperative of atmak

Further reading

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

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Other scripts
Latin	at
Cyrillic	ат
Arabic	آت

From Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑt/

Noun

at (definite accusative aty, plural atlar)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of at

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

Etymology 2

Other scripts
Latin	at
Cyrillic	ат
Arabic	آد

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːt/

Noun

āt (definite accusative ādy, plural ātlar)

1. name
2. nickname
3. noun

Declension

Declension of āt

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

Further reading

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

Volapük

Determiner

at

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

     Kaf at binon naudodik.

     This coffee is disgusting.

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate with Yaghnobi ашт (ašt).

Numeral

at

1. eight

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh at, variant of Old Welsh ad (alongside the now-obsolete add), from Proto-Celtic *ad, from Proto-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

• 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.
  • Dw i'n mynd at y meddyg. ― I'm going to the doctor.
    • but with a place: Dw i'n mynd i'r feddygfa. ― I'm going to the surgery.
    • and also before a verb: Dw i'n mynd i weld y meddyg. ― I'm going to see the doctor.
  • Wnaeth hi anfon llythyr at Megan. ― She sent a letter to Megan.
    • but with a place: Wnaeth hi anfon llythyr i Gaerdydd. ― She sent a letter to Cardiff.
    • and also before a verb: Oedd hi'n mynd i anfon llythyr. ― She was going to send a letter.

See oddi wrth for a similar distinction for "from".

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)

	singular	plural
first person	ataf	atom
second person	atat	atoch
third person	ato m ati f	atynt

Personal forms (colloquial)

	singular	plural
first person	ato i/fi, ata i	aton ni
second person	atot ti, atat ti	atoch chi
third person	ato fe/fo m ati hi f	atyn nhw

Derived terms

• agos atoch (“friendly, intimate”)
• hyd at
• 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”, in Wurdboek 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^[19], Pacific linguistics

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

at (definite form at mi)

1. 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^(key): /at/, /ɛt/, /ðɛt/, /ðat/, /ð/

Pronoun

at

1. 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 āt, from Old English ǣt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Verb

at

1. past of ayth
   • 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 23:

     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