-and
See also: and, And, AND, ånd, and-, -ând, and Appendix:Variations of "and"
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-anto-. More at -ing.
Alternative forms
- -ant, -nd, -on
Suffix
-and
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.
- livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand
- (rare or no longer productive) A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.
- waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand
Etymology 2
From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.
Alternative forms
- -end
Suffix
-and
- A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as compiland.
Synonyms
- (a patient): -end, -ee, -ed
Antonyms
- (a patient): -er, -or, -ing
Derived terms
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Anagrams
- ADN, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, dan, dna, nad
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒnd]
Suffix
-and
- (personal suffix, archaic) Added to a verb to form the future tense.
- (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.
- csikland (“to tickle”)
Usage notes
- (both senses) Harmonic variants:
- -and is added to back vowel verbs
- -end is added to front vowel verbs