ahint
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.
=== Adverb ===
ahint (not comparable)
(UK dialectal) behind
=== Preposition ===
ahint
(UK dialectal) behind
1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs:
ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop
=== Anagrams ===
hatin', Ihnat, hain't, Thain, haint, Intha, IHNTA
== Scots ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ahin, ahin', ahind, ahent
ahaint (Orkney)
=== Etymology ===
a- + hint
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /əˈhɪnt/, /əˈhɪn(d)/, /əˈhɛnt/
(Orkney) IPA(key): /əˈhent/
=== Adverb ===
ahint (not comparable)
(of place) behind, to the rear
(of time) in the past, in one's past life
(of time) at a later time, late, too late
=== Preposition ===
ahint
(of place) behind
(of time) later than, after, behind
=== Conjunction ===
ahint
after (No evidence except for Abd)
=== References ===
“ahint, adv., pred. adj., prep. and conj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.