-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
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -án
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
Irish terms suffixed with -án
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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