Appendix K. Initial Articles
1. Initial articles may be input as the first element in the following fields:
2. The following fields contains an indicator for 0 to 9 non-filing characters; however, CONSER practice is not to input articles in these fields:
3. Initial articles are not input in the following fields because there is no indicator value to accommodate them:
4. For corporate, conference, and geographic heading fields, omit the initial article except when the heading begins with a personal or geographic name and the intent is to file on the article. The same is true for initial articles at the beginning of subfield $a.
Following is a list of articles in various languages arranged alphabetically by article.
Initial articles in various languages
-A- |
|
a |
English, Galician, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scots, Yiddish |
a’ |
Scottish Gaelic |
al |
Romanian |
al- |
Arabic, Baluchi, Brahui, Panjabi (Perso-Arabic script), Persian, Turkish, Urdu (NOTE: "al"- is meant to cover all of the spellings in romanization, e.g., "as" in as-sijill) |
am |
Scottish Gaelic |
an |
English, Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Yiddish |
an t- |
Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
ane |
Scots |
ang |
Tagalog |
ang mga |
Tagalog |
as |
Galician, Portuguese |
az |
Hungarian |
-B- |
|
bat |
Basque |
bir |
Turkish |
-D- |
|
d' |
English |
da |
Shetland English |
das |
German |
de |
Danish, Dutch, English, Frisian, Norwegian, Swedish |
dei |
Norwegian |
dem |
German |
den |
Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish |
der |
German, Yiddish |
des |
German, Walloon |
det |
Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
di |
Yiddish |
die |
Afrikaans, German, Yiddish |
dos |
Yiddish |
-E- |
|
e |
Norwegian |
'e |
Frisian |
een |
Dutch |
eene |
Dutch |
egy |
Hungarian |
ei |
Norwegian |
ein |
German, Norwegian, Walloon |
eine |
German |
einem |
German |
einen |
German |
einer |
German |
eines |
German |
eit |
Norwegian |
el |
Catalan, Spanish |
el- |
Arabic |
els |
Catalan |
en |
Catalan, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
enne |
Walloon |
et |
Danish, Norwegian |
ett |
Swedish |
eyn |
Yiddish |
eyne |
Yiddish |
-G- |
|
gl' |
Italian |
gli |
Italian |
-H- |
|
ha- |
Hebrew |
hai |
Classical Greek, Greek |
he |
Hawaiian |
hē |
Classical Greek, Greek |
he- |
Hebrew |
heis |
Greek |
hen |
Greek |
hena |
Greek |
henas |
Greek |
het |
Dutch |
hin |
Icelandic |
hina |
Icelandic |
hinar |
Icelandic |
hinir |
Icelandic |
hinn |
Icelandic |
hinna |
Icelandic |
hinnar |
Icelandic |
hinni |
Icelandic |
hins |
Icelandic |
hinu |
Icelandic |
hinum |
Icelandic |
hið |
Icelandic |
ho |
Classical Greek, Greek |
hoi |
Classical Greek, Greek |
-I- |
|
i |
Italian |
ih' |
Provençal |
il |
Italian, Provençal/Occitan |
il- |
Maltese |
in |
Frisian |
it |
Frisian |
-K- |
|
ka |
Hawaiian |
ke |
Hawaiian |
-L- |
|
l' |
Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Walloon |
l- |
Maltese |
la |
Catalan, Esperanto, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
las |
Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
le |
French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan |
les |
Catalan, French, Provençal/Occitan, Walloon |
lh |
Provençal/Occitan |
lhi |
Provençal/Occitan |
li |
Provençal/Occitan |
lis |
Provençal/Occitan |
lo |
Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
los |
Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
lou |
Provençal/Occitan |
lu |
Provençal/Occitan |
-M- |
|
mga |
Tagalog |
Tagalog |
|
mia |
Greek |
-N- |
|
'n |
Afrikaans, Dutch, Frisian |
na |
Hawaiian, Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
na h- |
Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
njē |
Albanian |
ny |
Malagasy |
-O- |
|
'o |
Neapolitan Italian |
o |
Galician, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Romanian |
os |
Portuguese |
-R- |
|
'r |
Icelandic |
-S- |
|
's |
German |
-T- |
|
't |
Dutch, Frisian |
ta |
Classical Greek, Greek |
tais |
Classical Greek |
tas |
Classical Greek |
tē |
Classical Greek |
tēn |
Classical Greek, Greek |
tēs |
Classical Greek, Greek |
the |
English |
to |
Classical Greek, Greek |
tō |
Classical Greek |
tois |
Classical Greek |
ton |
Classical Greek, Greek |
tōn |
Classical Greek, Greek |
tou |
Classical Greek, Greek |
-U- |
|
um |
Portuguese |
uma |
Portuguese |
un |
Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Romanian, Spanish |
un' |
Italian |
una |
Catalan, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
une |
French |
unei |
Romanian |
unha |
Galician |
uno |
Italian, Provençal/Occitan |
uns |
Provençal/Occitan |
unui |
Romanian |
us |
Provençal/Occitan |
-Y- |
|
y |
Welsh |
ye |
English |
yr |
Welsh |
See also: