-án

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Hungarian

Etymology

-a (possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month) +‎ -n (on, superessive suffix)

Pronunciation

Suffix

-án

  1. on the specified day of the month (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)
    február 16-ánon February 16th (literally, “on 16th of February”)
    augusztus másodikánon August the second

Usage notes

  • Variants:
    -án — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 20th and 30th
    -én — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 11th, 21st, and 31st
    -jén — only after 1st of a month: elsején or 1-jén (the 2015 edition of the spelling regulations also allows -én for the latter)

See also

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish -án, Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

Suffix

-án m

  1. 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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Suffix

-án m

  1. (chemistry) -ane
Declension
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Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish -án.

Suffix

-án m (genitive -áin, plural -áin)

  1. diminutive suffix

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: -án

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).

Suffix

-án m

  1. diminutive suffix

Usage notes

After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants