-agán

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See also: agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, and ägan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish -acán, equivalent to -óg +‎ -án.

Suffix

-agán m

  1. A suffix used to derives instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Irish.

Usage notes

  • This affix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension.

Declension

Declension of -agán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative -agán -agáin
vocative a -agáin a -agána
genitive -agáin -agán
dative -agán -agáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an -agán na -agáin
genitive an -agáin na -agán
dative leis an -agán
don -agán
leis na -agáin

Derived terms