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-чань
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Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
rsk -чан
Etymology
rsk :bor rue:-чан<ety:from<-ча́нин<ety:from<-я́нин<ety:inh<sla-pro:*-janinъ>>>>>> 1
rsk rue -чан, a result of rebracketing, cognate with be -чанін, ru -ча́нин and uk -ча́нин. Final rsk -ь is due to influence from rsk -ань.
Pronunciation
rsk aɲ 1
rsk чань
Suffix
rsk suffix m-pr noun-forming suffixes female equivalent -чанка
rsk productive suffix forms masculine personal nouns, typically demonyms
rsk Зомбор Зомборчань Sombor person from Sombor
Usage notes
This form with the soft sign is marked as the lemma form in newer dictionaries. However, in the plural, the soft-sign-less form (i.e. rsk -чанох over rsk -чаньох) is more common in actual written work. Both forms nonetheless share the nominative plural rsk -чанє.
Declension
-чань -чаня -чаньови -чаня -чаньом -чаньови -чань -чанє -чаньох -чаньом -чаньох -чанями -чаньох -чанє
Derived terms
rsk
References
-ан, -ян и -чан 863 1