-ан

See also: -ань, ан, ян, -янь, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑn/
Rhymes: -ɑn
Hyphenation: -ан

Suffix

-ан • (-an)

denominal possessive derivational suffix
‎ӱп (üp, “hair”) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎ӱпан (üpan, “-haired”)

Usage notes

Can be attached to entire phrases, not just individual nouns:

Петя кава гай канде шинчан ӱдырым йӧратен шынден.
Peta kava gaj kande šinčan üdyrym jöraten šynden.
Petya fell in love with a girl with eyes blue as the sky.

Derived terms

Eastern Mari terms suffixed with -ан

References

Timothy Riese; Jeremy Bradley; Tatiana Yefremova (2022), “-ан”, in An Essential Grammar for International Learners‎^[1], page 374

Macedonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [an]

Suffix

-ан • (-an) m

Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ан

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
᠊ᠤᠨ (-un)	-ан (-an)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ/
Syllabification: -‧ан

Suffix

-ан • (-an)

Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), г (g), д (d), з (z), к (k), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -ан
	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-ан (-an)	-эн (-en)
rounded	-он (-on)	-өн (-ön)

Alternative forms

-н (-n) — stems ending in a vowel
-ин (-in) — stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

-ань (-anʹ) — less common
-ян (-jan)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak -an, from Proto-Slavic *janinъ, from *-ěninъ. Cognate with Czech and Slovak -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈan]
Rhymes: -an
Hyphenation: ан

Suffix

-ан (-an) m pers (female equivalent -анка)

Forms masculine personal nouns, typically demonyms
‎Лалить (Lalitʹ, “Lalić”) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎Лалитян (Lalitjan, “person from Lalić”)

Declension

Declension of *-ан* (-an)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ан (-an)	-анє (-anje)
genitive	-ана (-ana)	-анох (-anox)
dative	-анови (-anovi)	-аном (-anom)
accusative	-ана (-ana)	-анох (-anox)
instrumental	-аном (-anom)	-анами (-anami)
locative	-анови (-anovi)	-анох (-anox)
vocative	-ан (-an)	-анє (-anje)

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -ан

Related terms

suffixes

-чан m pers (-čan)
-чань m pers (-čanʹ)

References

Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “-ан, -ян и -чан”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 863

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈan]

Suffix

-а́н • (-án)

(colloquial) added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring/coloring
‎друг (drug, “friend”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎друга́н (drugán, “friend, mate”) (familiar)

‎стари́к (starík, “old man”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎старика́н (starikán, “old man”) (colloquial, familiar)

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ан

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

Suffix

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.
- јад + -ан → јадан (“miserable”)

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈan]

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin -ānus.

Suffix

-а́н • (-án) m inan

-ane (chemistry)

Declension

Declension of *-а́н*
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	-а́н -án	-а́ни -ány
genitive	-а́на -ána	-а́нів -ániv
dative	-а́нові, -а́ну -ánovi, -ánu	-а́нам -ánam
accusative	-а́н -án	-а́ни -ány
instrumental	-а́ном -ánom	-а́нами -ánamy
locative	-а́ні -áni	-а́нах -ánax
vocative	-а́не -áne	-а́ни -ány

Etymology 2

Clipping of -ань m (-anʹ). Compare Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, and Russian -ан anim (-an), Polish -an anim.

Suffix

-а́н • (-án) m anim (variant -я́н)

Unproductive suffix to form an animate masculine noun, usually denoting an emotional feature or endearment
‎стари́к (starýk) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎старига́н (staryhán, “old man”, familiar, low colloquial)

‎вовцю́га (vovcjúha) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎вовцюга́н (vovcjuhán, “wolf”, derogatory, augmentative)

Declension

Declension of *-а́н*
(pers/animal hard masc-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	-а́н -án	-а́ни -ány
genitive	-а́на -ána	-а́нів -ániv
dative	-а́нові, -а́ну -ánovi, -ánu	-а́нам -ánam
accusative	-а́на -ána	-а́нів, -а́ни -ániv, -ány
instrumental	-а́ном -ánom	-а́нами -ánamy
locative	-а́нові, -а́ні -ánovi, -áni	-а́нах -ánax
vocative	-а́не -áne	-а́ни -ány

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ан

вовцюган

стариган

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-а́н • (-án) m pers (variant -ян)

genitive/accusative plural of -а́нин (-ányn)

References

Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 378
“ан”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]