-un

See also: Appendix:Variations of "un"

Chuukese

Suffix

-un

1. of

Synonyms

• -en

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Finnish

Suffix

-un

1. Suffix variant for the illative singular: see -Vn.

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Icelandic

Etymology

U-mutated variant of -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏn/

Suffix

-un

1. Forms nouns from verbs (generally class 4 weak verbs) denoting the action or state described by the verb

   þróa (“develop”) – þróun (“development”)

   hafna (“reject”) – höfnun (“rejection”)

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -un

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Ngarrindjeri

Suffix

-un

1. Suffix denoting present tense.

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Old Norse

Etymology

Variant of -an f, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz. Unlike "-an", "-un" is not affected by u-umlaut in the nominative, accusative and dative singular forms.

Suffix

-un f

1. (deverbative suffix) Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs.

Declension

  Declension of -un (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-un	-unin	-anir	-anirnar
accusative	-un	-unina	-anir	-anirnar
dative	-un	-uninni	-unum	-ununum
genitive	-anar	-anarinnar	-ana	-ananna

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -un

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Turkish

Suffix

-un

1. Second-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a consonant.

   torun (“grandchild”) → torunun (“your grandchild”)

   horoz (“rooster”) → horozun (“your rooster”)

2. Genitive case suffix for the nouns which end in a consonant

   okul (“school”) → okulun (“school's/of the school”)

Usage notes

• If the noun ends in a vowel, it becomes -n (for the possession suffix)

  koku → kokun

• It's used only when the word's last vowel is "o" or "u". It may change into "-in", "-ın" and "-ün" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)

  ev → evin (the last vowel is "e" or "i")

  saç → saçın (the last vowel is "a" or "ı")

  yüz → yüzün (the last vowel is "ö" or "ü")

• If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".

  grup → grubun

  burç → burcun

  umut → umudun

  çocuk → çocuğun

• It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.

  burun → burnun

• If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "n". (for the genitive case suffix)

  soru → sorunun

• It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.

  Uğur → Uğur'un