-ane

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See also ane, Ane, âne, anë, and ʻAne

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-ane

  1. (organic chemistry) A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
  2. (chemistry) A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

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From Old Irish -án.

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-ane m

  1. A suffix used to derives instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Manx.
    mair ("finger") > mairane ("thimble")
    mooar ("big") > mooarane ("a large amount, many, much")
    shirgey ("mummification") > shirgane ("mummy")
    tonn ("wave") > tonnane ("ripple, wavelet")

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