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-ань ан ян -янь Appendix:Variations of "an"
Eastern Mari
Etymology
mhr
Pronunciation
mhr /ɑn/
mhr ɑn 1
mhr -ан
Suffix
mhr suffix adjective-forming suffixes
denominal possessive derivational suffix
mhr ӱп ӱпан hair -haired
Usage notes
Can be attached to entire phrases, not just individual nouns:
mhr Петя кава гай канде шинчан ӱдырым йӧратен шынден. Petya fell in love with a girl with eyes blue as the sky.
Derived terms
mhr
References
-ан 374
Macedonian
Pronunciation
ан
Suffix
mk suffix m adjective-forming suffixes noun-forming suffixes
Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.
Derived terms
mk
See also
mk -ен
Mongolian
᠊ᠤᠨ -ан
Etymology
mn
Pronunciation
Suffix
nounf attributive suffixes
Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant mn б, mn в, mn г, mn д, mn з, mn к, mn л, mn м, mn п, mn р, mn с, mn т, mn ф, mn х or mn ц.
Inflection
Alternative forms
mn -н stems ending in a vowel
mn -ин stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ
Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
rsk -ань less common
rsk -ян
Etymology
rsk :inh zlw-osk:-an<ety:inh<sla-pro:*-janinъ>> 2 1 Cognate with cs,sk -an.
Pronunciation
rsk an 1
rsk ан
Suffix
rsk suffix m-pr noun-forming suffixes female equivalent -анка
Forms masculine personal nouns, typically demonyms
rsk Лалить Лалитян Lalić person from Lalić
Declension
-ан -ана -анови -ана -аном -анови -ан -анє -анох -аном -анох -анами -анох -анє
Derived terms
rsk
Related terms
rsk suffixes -чан<g:m-pr> -чань<g:m-pr>
References
-ан, -ян и -чан 863 2
Anagrams
rsk ан на
Russian
Pronunciation
-а́н
Suffix
ru suffix -а́н noun-forming suffixes
ru colloquial added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring/coloring
ru друг friend !-а́н друга́н friend, mate familiar
ru стари́к old man !-а́н старика́н old man colloquial, familiar
Derived terms
ru
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
sh
Suffix
Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.
Etymology 2
sh sla-pro *-ьnъ.
Suffix
Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.
sh јадити јад + sh -ан → sh јадан miserable
Derived terms
sh
See also
sh -ашан
sh -ешан
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
а́н
Etymology 1
Ultimately from uk la -ānus.
Suffix
uk suffix noun-forming suffixes -а́н m-in
en -ane<pos:chemistry>
Declension
-а́н<>
Etymology 2
uk anim :clipping -ань<g:m><id:masc> + 1 Compare mk,sh,ru -ан<g:an>, pl -an<g:an>.
Suffix
uk suffix -а́н m-an variant -я́н
Unproductive suffix to form an animate masculine noun, usually denoting an emotional feature or endearment
uk стари́к старига́н familiar, low colloquial old man
uk вовцю́га вовцюга́н derogatory, augmentative wolf
Declension
((-а́н<pr>, -а́н<anml>))
Derived terms
uk -ан
Etymology 3
Suffix
uk suffix form -а́н m-pr variant -ян
uk -а́нин gen//acc p
References
378
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