-ant-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ant"
Esperanto
Etymology
The a vowel of present-tense -as plus the nt of the Latin/Romance active present participle.
Suffix
-ant-
- (nominal) -anto One who does the action of the root
- Example: fari (“to do, make”) + -anto → faranto (“an agent, a doer, a maker”)
- (See usage note at -isto)
- (adjectival) -anta The active present participle
- Example: fari (“to do, to make”) + -anta → faranta (“doing, making”)
- (adverbial) -ante The active present adverbial participle
- Example: fari (“to do, to make”) + -ante → farante (“doing, making”)
Usage notes
- See usage notes at -isto.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto -ant-, from English -ant, French -ant, Italian -ante, -ente, Spanish -ante, -ente and -iente. With the initial a indicating present tense from -as.
Suffix
-ant-
- suffix forming active participle with -a
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanta (“helping”)
- La laboristi helpanta helpis me kun la datumaro-eroro.
- The helping workmen helped me with the database error.
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanta (“helping”)
- nominal active participle with -o
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanto (“someone that helps; assistant, attendant, helper, auxiliary, ally”)
- Me havas mea propra helpanto.
- I have my own helper.
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanto (“someone that helps; assistant, attendant, helper, auxiliary, ally”)
- plural nominal active participle with -i
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanti (“multiple people that helps; assistants, attendants, helpers, auxiliaries, allies”)
- Ni esas bona helpanti.
- We are good allies.
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpanti (“multiple people that helps; assistants, attendants, helpers, auxiliaries, allies”)
- adverbial active participle with -e
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpante (“helpingly”)
- El helpante fixigis la granda problemo.
- She helpingly fixed the big problem.
- helpar (“to help”) + -ant- → helpante (“helpingly”)
Related terms
- -int-
- -ont-
See also
- -at-
- -it-
- -ot-