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Ojibwe
Final
-gan
- nominalizer
Derived terms
See also
Final
-gan
- bone
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Suffix
-gan
- inflection of -ga:
- nominative plural
- accusative singular/plural
- genitive/dative singular
Turkish
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preceding vowel
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| A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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| default
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-gan
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-gen
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| assimilated
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-kan
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-ken
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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-gan
- Derives nouns of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
- gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + -egen → gezegen (“planet”)
- ısır- (“to bite”) + -gan → ısırgan (“poison ivy”, literally “that which bites a lot”)
- sıç- (“to shit, to poop”) + -an → sıçan (“rat, mouse”, literally “that which shits a lot”)
- kemir- (“to nibble, to gnaw”) + -gen → kemirgen (“rodent”, literally “that which gnaws a lot”)
- yat- (“to lie down, to incline”) + -ağan → yatağan (“a curved Ottoman sword”)
- Derives adjectives of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
- çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + -gen → çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
- çalış- (“to work, to study”) + -kan → çalışkan (“hardworking”)
- ak- (“to flow”) + -ış (reciprocal suffix) + -kan → akışkan (“fluid”)
- değiş- (“to change”) + -ken → değişken (“variable, flexible”)
- ilet- (“to transmit, to conduct”) + -ken → iletken (“conductive”)
Derived terms
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