amn't
verb/ˈæm(ə)nt/ · unstressed /əm(ə)nt/
Etymology From am + -n’t.
1
Ireland, Scotland, Nonstandard am not
Rarely elsewhere
- If anyone thinks that I amn’t divine, He gets no free drinks when I’m making the wine1904, Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Song of the Cheerful (but slightly Sarcastic) Jesus:
- Amn’t I with you? Amn’t I your girl?1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, →OL, ch. 15:
2 more examples
- 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?
- 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.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
- Related terms
- an’t, ain’t, aren’t