־ון

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Related to Arabic ـَانٌ (-ān).

Suffix

־וֹן • (-on)

2. A suffix indicating a periodical or a journal.

   ‎יֶרַח (yérakh, “(archaic) a month”) + ‎־ון → ‎יַרְחוֹן (yár'khon, “a monthly periodical”)

4. A diminutive suffix.

   ‎ברווז \ בַּרְוָז (barváz, “a duck”) + ‎־ון → ‎ברווזון \ בַּרְוָזוֹן (barvazón, “a duckling”)

6. A suffix indicating collections.

   ‎שְׁאֵלָה (sh'elá, “a question”) + ‎־ון → ‎שְׁאֵלוֹן (sh'elón, “a questionnaire”)

8. A suffix indicating tools.

   ‎שָׁעָה (sha'á, “an hour”) + ‎־ון → ‎שָׁעוֹן (sha'ón, “clock, watch”)

10. A suffix used in words indicating order.

    ‎רֹאשׁ (rosh, “a head”) + ‎־ון → ‎רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “first”)

12. A superlative suffix.

    ‎רֹאשׁ (rosh, “head”) + ‎־ון → ‎רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “head most”)

    ‎עִלִּי (eliy, “upper”) + ‎־ון → ‎עֶלְיוֹן (eliyon, “most high”)

Synonyms

• (forming diminutives): ־ית (-it), ־צ׳יק (-chik), reduplication

Derived terms

• דַּרְכּוֹן (darkón, “passport”)
• חָזוֹן (chazón, “vision”)
• מוֹעֲדוֹן (mo'adón, “club”)
• מילון / מִלּוֹן (milón, “dictionary”)
• עיתון / עִתּוֹן ('itón, “newspaper”)
• צווארון / צַוָּארוֹן (tsavarón, “collar”)
• רָצוֹן (ratsón, “desire”)
• שָׁעוֹן (sha'ón, “clock, watch”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ον (-on, “-um”).

Suffix

־וֹן • (-on)

1. -um; used in borrowing certain European words that end in -um or one of its cognates.

Synonyms

• ־וּם (-um, “-um”)

Derived terms

• אִצְטַדְיוֹן (itztadyón, “stadium”)
• מוּזֵיאוֹן (muze'ón, “museum”)
• תֵּאַטְרוֹן (teatrón, “theatre”)