 A is an indefinite article, implying one, as a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, or a silent h, it is, for the sake of euphony, changed into an, as an owl. A, as a prefix, is equivalent to the prepositions in or on, as asleep, afoot.  Routledge's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language ... - Էջ 1խմբագրել է - 1867Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Samuel Johnson - 1822 - 300 էջ
...f • : . ' «:'. ' ' JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. A AN article set before nouns of the i singular number, as a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is changed into an, as an ox. an eagle. It is placed before a participle, or participial noun, BS,O... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 420 էջ
...bdJI— 611— pound — Min, TH;S. ABB ABJ A an article set before nouns of tile singu >, lar number ; as, a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is writ ten an ; as, an ox. A is sometimes a noun, as great A. A is placed before a participle,... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 482 էջ
...tub, bull— 611— pMnd — Hint. THIS. ABB A an article set before nouns of the sin. gular number ; as, a man, a tree. — Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is written ./In, as «n ox. A is sometimes a noun, as great A. A is placed before a participle,... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 482 էջ
...tali, bill— 6&— po&nd —(/tin, THIS. ABB A an article set before nouns of the sin^ *nhir number ; as, a man, a tree. — Before a word beginning with a vowel, it a written .£n, as en ox. A is sometimes a noun, as great A. A is placed before a participle, or... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1828 - 538 էջ
...cube, — truly, try", — thus, thick. ABA J^ is an article set before nouns of the singular number ; as a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is written on; as, on ox. It is sometimes placed befori a participle, or participial noun ; as,... | |
 | John Walker - 1832 - 462 էջ
...thin, THis. -tabu, tfib, b&llj— ofl;— A an article set before nouns of the singular ^ number ; as, a man, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is written an ; as, an ox. A is sometimes a noun, as great A. A is placed before a participle, or... | |
 | Eugène Bazin-Bacon - 1858 - 52 էջ
...exception, at the end of some proper names: Alfred, JDavid, &e. 2. When D is final, and followed by a word beginning with a vowel, or a silent h, it is sounded as a T : un grand enfant, a great child. E 1. Besides its four sounds given in the preceding... | |
 | John Earle - 1871 - 644 էջ
...aspiration. It is almost classed with the vowels, as in the familiar rule which tells us to say an before a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h. It seems almost incredible that it ever had in English the force of the German ch, or rather of the Welsh... | |
 | John D'Esté - 1872 - 136 էջ
...article the, when it precedes a word beginning with a consonant, is pronounced thu; when it precedes a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, it is pronounced thee; unless this is strictly observed, the next word, if beginning with a vowel will become... | |
 | John Walker - 1873 - 346 էջ
...slender is the true English sound of this letter. A Is an indefinite article, implying one. as a roan, a tree. Before a word beginning with a vowel, or a silent A, it is, for the sake of euphony, changed into an, as an owl. A, as a prefix, is equivalent to the... | |
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