-лан
Chuvash
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish -lan.
Suffix
-лан • (-lan) (front vowel variant -лен)
- Forms denominal or deadjectival verbs with meaning of ‘to acquire the quality of X’
- вӑй (văj, “strength”) + -лан (-lan) → вӑйлан (văjlan, “to become stronger”)
- шик (šik, “fear”) + -лан (-lan) → шиклен (šiklen, “to fear”)