amcan

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Tarifit

Alternative forms

amkan — Western Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مكان (mkān).

Noun

amcan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵛⴰⵏ, plural imucan)

place, location, site

Declension

	singular	plural
free state	amcan	imucan
construct state	umcan	yimucan

Welsh

Etymology

Equivalent to am- +‎ an element derived from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈamkan/

Noun

amcan m (plural amcanion)

idea, notion, guess
intention, purpose, objective
Synonyms: bwriad, diben, targed

Derived terms

ar amcan (“at random”)
amcangyfrif (“estimate”)
amcanu (“to intend”)
amcanus (“skillful, likely, purposed”)
brasamcan (“approximation”)
ffwythiant amcan (“objective function”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *amcan*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amcan	unchanged	unchanged	hamcan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (4)

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amcan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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