-san
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See also Appendix:Variations of "san"
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Japanese さん (san)
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-san
- Honorific ending used to indicate a person is Japanese or talking with Japanese, or treated like Japanese.
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Alternative forms
- -sean (slender form)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [sˠən̪ˠ]
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-san
- -self (emphatic)
[edit] Usage notes
- Added to nouns in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed:
- Added to prepositional pronouns (ending in a broad consonant) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
- Used with third-person plural (except with slender forms such as dóibh; e.g., acusan, orthusan, etc.).
- Added to verbs to indicate "themselves":
- chualadarsan -- they (themselves) heard (Munster Irish only)
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[edit] See also
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Etymology 1
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-san (hiragana さん)
- An honorific ending for names that indicates politeness. The Japanese equivalent of Mr. or Mrs.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Chinese 山
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-san (hiragana さん)
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Suffix
-san
[edit] Usage notes
- Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
- Used in third-person singular masculine (eg aigesan).
- Used in third-person plural (eg orrasan).
- When the last letter of the prepositional pronoun is s, a hyphen is put before the suffix (eg leis-san).