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Appendix:Variations of "ian"
English
Pronunciation
en /i.ən/ /jən/
en /ɪjən/ /jən/ SSB
en en-uk-ian-suffix.ogg UK
en En-us-Ian.oga GA
Etymology 1
en related to :bor la:-iānus
From en la -iānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.
Alternative forms
en -an -n
Suffix
s
en as an adjective From, related to, or like.
en Madrilenian
en as a noun One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
en Madrilenian
en as a noun Having a certain profession.
Usage notes
When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are en -ian, females en -ienne.
The plural is -ians (one magician, two magicians).
When added to a word ending in a vowel, the infix en -v- is inserted (en Peruvian, en Whovian), though this can be optional (en Rousseauvian).
Coordinate terms
en -al -an -ar -ate -ese -ic -id -ish -oid -ory -ous quasi- -y
Derived terms
en
en related to Arthurian Hermitian Newtonian Lipschitzian utopian Washingtonian Wilmingtonian
en belonging to physician politician magician
en having a profession en comedian (compare comedienne) musician
Related terms
en -ienne
Translations
related to
Belarusian: be -скі
Catalan: ca -ià
Chinese:
Cantonese: use attributive noun
Mandarin: use attributive noun
Czech: cs -ský, cs -ký after s, c or k
Dutch: nl -isch
French: fr -ien
Galician: gl -ian m
Georgian: ka -ური, ka -ული in words ending with -r
German: de -isch
Hungarian: hu -i
Interlingua: ia -ian
Italian: it -iano m, it -iana f
Old Church Slavonic: cu -ьскъ
Polish: pl -ski
Russian: ru -ский, ru -ской when stressed, ru -ец, ru -и́нец, ru -инец, ru -инка f, ru -и́нка f
Sanskrit: sa -ईय
Spanish: es -iano m, es -iana f
Ukrainian: uk -ський
belonging to
Belarusian: be -скі
Czech: cs -ský, cs -ký after s, c or k
French: fr -ien
Georgian: ka -ული in words ending with -r
Interlingua: ia -ian
Italian: it -iano
Macedonian: mk -скӣ
Old Church Slavonic: cu -ьскъ
Polish: pl -ski
Russian: ru -ский, ru -ской when stressed, ru -ец, ru -и́нец, ru -инец, ru -инка f, ru -и́нка f
Sanskrit: sa -ईय f
Turkish: tr -ca, tr -ce
Ukrainian: uk -ський
having a profession
Dutch: nl -iant
French: fr -ien
Polish: pl -ski m-pr
Latin: la -ianus
Etymology 2
From en hy -յան, from en xcl -եան.
Alternative forms
en -yan
Suffix
A romanization of the Armenian surname suffix hy -յան.
Anagrams
en ain nai AIN INA Nia Ani Ain NIA ani ain' ANI Ina nia ain
Middle English
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -ien -ian ian
Old English
Etymology
ang :inh gmw-pro:*-ōjan<id:verbal> verbal
By syncope from earlier gmw-pro *-ōjan, a northern Ingvaeonic innovated form of ang gmw-pro *-ōn, from ang gem-pro *-ōną.
Pronunciation
-ian
ang i.ɑn 2
Suffix
forms verbs from nouns and adjectives
Usage notes
Due to unstressed vowel reduction, the past tense forms ang -ode and ang -odon are often written with ⟨a⟩ and, less frequently, ⟨u⟩, leading to forms such as ang -ade, ang -adan, and -odun.
Conjugation
-ian<w2/ge:0>
-ian<w2/ge:0>
Derived terms
ang
Descendants
enm -ien infinitival Early Middle English or Kentish, Southern, or Southwest Midland 1
enm -en 1 infinitival
Old Saxon
Etymology
From osx gem-pro *-ijaną.
Suffix
osx suffix verb-forming suffixes
used to form the infinitive of class 1 weak verbs (as well as a few strong verbs also ending in -ian like biddian or liggian, and class 3 weak verbs)
wekkian "to awake" (class 1 weak verbs)
seggian "to say" (class 3 weak verbs)
Conjugation
- -id
- -
Swedish
Suffix
sv suffix noun-forming suffixes
sv as a noun Denotes a follower of something.
Usage notes
Words having this suffix can have an additional suffix sv -ism for an idea (e.g. kantianism) and an additional suffix sv -sk to form an adjective (e.g. kantiansk).
Derived terms
sv
sv follower of bellmanian gustavian hegelian kantian kartesian rudbeckian schellingian thorildian wertherian
Welsh
Alternative forms
cy -an
Pronunciation
cy /jan/
Suffix
cy suffix
Forms verbnouns.
cy clawr board, surface clorian to weigh
cy sgrech scream, screech sgrechian to scream, to screech
Derived terms
cy
References