-án
See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]-a (possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month) + -n (“on”, superessive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-án
- on the specified day of the month (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)
- február 16-án ― on February 16th (literally, “on 16th of February”)
- augusztus másodikán ― on August the second
Usage notes
[edit]- Variants:
- -án — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 20th and 30th
- -én — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 11th, 21st, and 31st
- -jén — only after 1st of a month: elsején or 1-jén (the 2015 edition of the spelling regulations also allows -én for the latter[1])
See also
[edit]- Category:Hungarian ordinal numbers, also used for days of months when supplemented with a possessive suffix
{{U:hu:num-odik}}, ordinal-number suffixes (“-th”)- -a/-ja/-e/-je, possessive suffixes (“of”), see also its other suffixed forms at Declension
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -eán (slender variant)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).
Suffix
[edit]-án m
- A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
- Synonym: -achán
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension. It was originally a diminutive, but in Modern Irish only a few words with this suffix can be considered diminutives.
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-án m
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “-án”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-án m (genitive -áin, plural -áin)
- diminutive suffix
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Irish: -án
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).
Suffix
[edit]-án m
- diminutive suffix
Usage notes
[edit]After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -án | -ánL | -áinL |
| Vocative | -áin | -ánL | -ánuH |
| Accusative | -ánN | -ánL | -ánuH |
| Genitive | -áinL | -án | -ánN |
| Dative | -ánL | -ánaib | -ánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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