amn't

English

Etymology

am +‎ -n’t

Pronunciation

• (stressed form) IPA^(key): /ˈæm(ə)nt/

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• (unstressed form) IPA^(key): /əm(ə)nt/
• Rhymes: (stressed) -æmənt

Verb

amn't

1. (Ireland, Scotland, rarely elsewhere, nonstandard) am not
   • 1904, Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Song of the Cheerful (but slightly Sarcastic) Jesus:

     If anyone thinks that I amn’t divine,
     He gets no free drinks when I’m making the wine

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, →OL, ch. 15:

     Amn’t I with you? Amn’t I your girl?

   • 2004 An Coimisinéir Teanga, Frequently Asked Questions

     I 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.

Usage notes

"amn't" is mainly used in Scotland and Ireland. Usage of "amn't" elsewhere in the English-speaking world is rare and typically only done in jest or as an error made by small children.

Related terms

• an’t
• ain’t
• aren’t

Anagrams

• T-man

Scots

Etymology

am +‎ -n't

Contraction

amn’t

1. contraction of am +‎ not