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-eán
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Appendix:Variations of "ean"
Irish
Alternative forms
ga -án broad variant
Etymology
From ga sga -én, which has merged with sga -án in cases where the stem ends in a slender consonant.
Suffix
n m
ga -án used after slender consonants
Usage notes
This affix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension.
Declension
- eán eáin