-ан
See also: ан, ян, and Appendix:Variations of "an"
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [an]
Suffix
-ан • (-an) m
- Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.
Derived terms
Macedonian terms suffixed with -ан
See also
- -ен (-en)
Mongolian
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠤᠨ (-un) | -ан (-an) |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋ/
- Syllabification: -‧ан (2 syllables)
Suffix
-ан • (-an)
- Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), г (g), д (d), з (z), к (k), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -ан
back vowel | front vowel | |
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unrounded | -ан -an | -эн -en |
rounded | -он -on | -өн -ön |
Alternative forms
- -н (-n) – stems ending in a vowel
- -ин (-in) – stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈan]
Suffix
-а́н • (-án)
- (colloquial) Added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring.
- друг (drug, “friend”) + -а́н (-án) → друга́н (drugán, “friend, mate”) (familiar)
- стари́к (starík, “old man”) + -а́н (-án) → старика́н (starikán, “old man”) (colloquial, familiar)
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ан
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
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Suffix
-ан (Latin spelling -an)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.
Suffix
-ан (Latin spelling -an)
- Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.
- јад + -ан → јадан (“miserable”)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ан
See also
- -ашан
- -ешан