-ан

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• IPA^(key): /ɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn
• Hyphenation: -ан

-ан • (-an)

1. forms adjectives from nouns

   ‎ӱп (üp, “hair”) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎ӱпан (üpan, “-haired”)

• IPA^(key):

-ан • (-an) m

1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.

• -ен (-en)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ/
• Syllabification: -‧ан (2 syllables)

-ан • (-an)

1. Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), г (g), д (d), з (z), к (k), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).

• -н (-n) — stems ending in a vowel
• -ин (-in) — stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ

• IPA^(key):

-а́н • (-án)

1. (colloquial) Added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring.

   ‎друг (drug, “friend”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎друга́н (drugán, “friend, mate”) (familiar)

   ‎стари́к (starík, “old man”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎старика́н (starikán, “old man”) (colloquial, familiar)

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-ан (Latin spelling -an)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.
   • јад + -ан → јадан (“miserable”)

• -ашан
• -ешан