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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Related to Arabic ـَانٌ (-ān).
Suffix
־וֹן • (-on)
- A suffix indicating a periodical or a journal.
- יֶרַח (yérakh, “(archaic) a month”) + ־ון → יַרְחוֹן (yár'khon, “a monthly periodical”)
- A diminutive suffix.
- ברווז \ בַּרְוָז (barváz, “a duck”) + ־ון → ברווזון \ בַּרְוָזוֹן (barvazón, “a duckling”)
- A suffix indicating collections.
- שְׁאֵלָה (sh'elá, “a question”) + ־ון → שְׁאֵלוֹן (sh'elón, “a questionnaire”)
- A suffix indicating tools.
- שָׁעָה (sha'á, “an hour”) + ־ון → שָׁעוֹן (sha'ón, “clock, watch”)
- A suffix used in words indicating order.
- רֹאשׁ (rosh, “a head”) + ־ון → רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “first”)
- A superlative suffix.
- רֹאשׁ (rosh, “head”) + ־ון → רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “head most”)
- עִלִּי (ili, “upper”) + ־ון → עֶלְיוֹן (elyon, “most high”)
Synonyms
- (forming diminutives): ־ית (-it), ־צ׳יק (-chik), reduplication
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ον (-on, “-um”).
Suffix
־וֹן • (-on)
- -un; used in borrowing certain European words that end in -um or one of its cognates.
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