oan

From Proto-Brythonic *oɨn, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, compare Welsh oen, Old Irish úan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

oan m (plural ein)

1. lamb

   Oan Doue ― Lamb of God

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oan

1. first-person singular imperfect of bezañ

   Trist e oan.

   I was sad.

oan

1. genitive singular of oka

• Ano, ano

• awan, avuan, auan, awan

From Latin hōc annō.

oan

1. this year

• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ujan
• Gallo: ouan
• Middle French: ouan, enwan
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: ouan

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hōc anno”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 446

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, compare Malay anak.

oan

1. son
2. offspring

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冤 (“unjust/to wrong”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)waːŋ˧˧]

oan • (寃)

1. wronged; victimized; persecuted
2. wrongful; unjust; unrighteous

oan • (寃)

1. wrongfully; unjustly; unfairly

From Old Frisian on, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an. Cognates include Dutch aan, Low German an and English on.

oan

1. on (not "on top of")

Example: "oan 'e oare kant" (on the other hand, lit, "on the other side")

Example: "it skilderij hinget oan 'e muorre" (the painting hangs on the wall)

1. to, towards

• oankrûpe

• own, ane

From Middle English oon, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain. Cognates include English one and Scots ane.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/

oan (plural oanès)

1. one

   Synonym: o

oan

1. one
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:

     Ye be welcome hearthilee, ivery oan.

     You are heartily welcome, every one.

• oanes

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 60 & 94