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Definition 2024
-án
-án
Irish
Alternative forms
- -eán (slender variant)
Suffix
-án m
- A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
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
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1n'>Irish words suffixed with -án</a>
Etymology 2
Suffix
-án m
Declension
Declension of -án
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1n'>Irish words suffixed with -án</a>
References
- "-án" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old Irish
Suffix
-án m
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Usage notes
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1n'>Old Irish words suffixed with -án</a>