-ан

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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Suffix

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

Suffix

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.

   • јад + -ан → јадан (“miserable”)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ан

See also

• -ашан
• -ешан