-án
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -eán (slender variant)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish *-ᚐᚌᚅᚐᚄ (*-agnas).
Suffix[edit]
-án m
- A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
Usage notes[edit]
This suffix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension. It was originally a diminutive, but in Modern Irish only a few words with this suffix can be considered diminutives.
Declension[edit]
Declension of -án
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-án m
Declension[edit]
Declension of -án
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "-án" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).
Suffix[edit]
-án m
- diminutive suffix
Usage notes[edit]
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -án | -ánL | -áinL |
| Vocative | -áin | -ánL | -ánu |
| Accusative | -ánN | -ánL | -ánu |
| Genitive | -áinL | -án | -ánN |
| Dative | -ánL | -ánaib | -ánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish
- Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish suffixes
- Irish noun-forming suffixes
- Irish first-declension nouns
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- Old Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish suffixes
- Old Irish noun-forming suffixes
- Old Irish o-stem nouns
