Amn't

Pronunciation

• w IPA: /ˈæm(É™)nt/
• w IPA: /É™m(É™)nt/

Origin

am + -n't

Verb

verb form

1. (Ireland, Scotland) am not"Are you ready for the cold weather?" "No, I amn't.""I'm ready to do that. Amn't I?"
• 1904, Oliver St. John Gogarty, w, If anyone thinks that I amn’t divine,
  He gets no free drinks when I’m making the wine
• 1922, James Joyce, w, Amn’t I with you? Amn’t I your girl?
• 2004 An Coimisinéir Teanga, Frequently Asked QuestionsI phoned a government office but nobody there had any Irish so I couldn't do my business with them in Irish. Amn't I entitled under the Act to conduct business with any Government office in Irish?
• 2017 November 18, Al Porter, quoted in Patrick Freyne, "Al Porter: ‘After wild sex with a priest, I realised the priesthood was not for me’", The Irish Times:Now, I’m very conscious of what I am or amn’t referencing from those eras, and I’m so comfortable with that – being a reinvention of a retro kind of thing.

Related terms

• an't
• ain't
• aren't