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# ''American plural particle''
# ''American plural particle''
#: {{ux|jl-two|'''A''' whettlenicks like huzzah zoinks, slappen whoodle ey oh jonklerter.|Right before the sheriff'''s''' shot into the ceiling, they saw that they celebrated too soon.}}
#: {{ux|jl-two|'''A''' whettlenicks like huzzah zoinks, slappen whoodle ey oh jonklerter.|Right before the sheriff'''s''' shot into the ceiling, they saw that they celebrated too soon.}}
==[[Scots Norse]]==
===Etymology===
Unknown, possibly from {{der|snon|non|ek|p=i}}, though the semantic evolution is disputed. Alternative etymologies include:
:A formation from Scots Norse itself.
:A very old derivation from splitting the original infinitive ending, ''-a'', from the body of the verb.
:An early loan from an unknown language.
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA link|Standard|Scots Norse}} /ˈæ/ (always stressed)
====Pronoun====
{{head|snon|pronoun}}
#''a null pronoun for forming the impersonal''; it
#:{{uxi|snon|raghnarr '''a'''|'''it's''' raining}}
===Mutation===
{{snon-mut}}