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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing.
Suffix
-and
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.
- livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand
- (rare or no longer productive) A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.
- waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand
Etymology 2
From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.
Suffix
-and
- A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.
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Anagrams
- -dan, ADN, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, dan, dna, nad
Hungarian
Etymology
From -amod / -emed.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-and
- (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.
- csiklik (“to tickle”) (obsolete) → csikland (“to tickle”) (archaic or literary); compare current csiklandoz
- (personal suffix, archaic) Added to a verb to form the future tense.
- fog (“to hold, to catch”) → fogand (“he/she/it will hold or catch”)
- áll (“to stand”) → álland (“he/she/it will stand”)
Usage notes
- (both senses) Variants:
- -and is added to back-vowel verbs
- -end is added to front-vowel verbs
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Ojibwe
Final
-and
- act on by mouth
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