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Appendix:Variations of "an"
Hungarian
Etymology
hu -a possessive possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month -n superessive suffix on suffix
Pronunciation
hu aːn
Suffix
hu suffix
on the specified day of the month attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers
hu február 16-án on February 16th on 16th of February
hu augusztus másodikán on August the second
Usage notes
See also
:Category:Hungarian ordinal numbers, also used for days of months when supplemented with a possessive suffix
U:hu:num-odik, ordinal-number suffixes (“en -th”)
hu -a/-ja/-e/-je possessive, possessive suffixes (“en of”), see also its other suffixed forms at Declension
Irish
Alternative forms
ga -eán slender variant
Etymology 1
ga :inh mga:-án diminutive
From ga mga -án, from ga sga -án, from ga pgl -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ.
Suffix
n mga diminutive suffixes
A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns and adjectives.
ga -achán
ga bocht poor bochtán pauper
Usage notes
This suffix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension. It was originally a diminutive, but in Modern Irish only a few words with this suffix can be considered diminutives.
Declension
- án áin
Derived terms
ga
Etymology 2
Suffix
n m
ga chemistry -ane
Declension
- án áin
Derived terms
ga
Further reading
Middle Irish
Etymology
mga :inh sga:-án
From mga sga -án.
Suffix
mga suffix m genitive -áin plural -áin mga diminutive suffixes
diminutive suffix
Derived terms
mga
Descendants
ga -án
Old Irish
Alternative forms
sga -én
Etymology
sga :inh pgl:-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ
From sga pgl -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ genitive.
Suffix
1 m sga diminutive suffixes
diminutive suffix
Usage notes
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes sga -én.
Inflection
-áin
Derived terms
sga -acán
sga
Descendants
mga -án
ga -án
gv -ane
gd -an