-án
Irish
Alternative forms
- -eán (slender variant)
Etymology 1
From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).
Suffix
-án m
- A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
- Synonym: -achán
Usage notes
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
Declension of -án
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-án m
Declension
Declension of -án
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “-án”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).
Suffix
-án m
- diminutive suffix
Usage notes
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | -án | -ánL | -áinL |
Vocative | -áin | -ánL | -ánuH |
Accusative | -ánN | -ánL | -ánuH |
Genitive | -áinL | -án | -ánN |
Dative | -ánL | -ánaib | -ánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
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 masculine suffixes
- Irish diminutive 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 masculine suffixes
- Old Irish diminutive suffixes
- Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns