־ן
HebrewEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Arabic ـَان (-ān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
SuffixEdit
־ָן • (-án)
- -er: forming nouns denoting one with a certain characteristic.
- With the characteristic being a behavior or personality trait.
- שקרן ― shakrán ― a liar
- עצלן ― atslán ― a lazy person
- With the characteristic being a profession or other activity.
- שדכן ― shadkhán ― a matchmaker
- שחקן ― sakhkán ― a player or an actor
- With the characteristic being something else.
- צבען ― tsiv'án ― a pigment
- תיקן ― tikán ― a cockroach
- With the characteristic being a behavior or personality trait.
- -ium: forming names of chemical elements.
- חמצן ― khamtsán ― oxygen
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms: one with a certain behavior or personality trait.
Derived terms: one with a certain profession or other activity.
- דַּגְלָן (daglán, “a flag-bearer”)
- יחצן (yakhtsán, “a publicist”)
- כדורגלן (kaduraglán, “a football (soccer) player”)
- כדורסלן (kadursalán, “a basketball player”)
- ליצן (leitsán, “a clown”)
- סַפְרָן (safrán, “a librarian”)
- שדכן (shadkhán, “a matchmaker”)
- שחיין (sakhyán, “a swimmer”)
- שחקן (sakhkán, “a player or an actor”)
Derived terms: one with a certain other characteristic.
Derived terms: a chemical element.
YiddishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German -en, a merger of various terminations in Old High German reflecting different conjugational patterns, namely -an, -ien, -on, -en, and -non, respectively from Proto-Germanic *-aną, *-janą, *-ōną, *-āną, and *-naną.
SuffixEdit
־ן • (-n)
- The infinitive marker for verbs, which can be appended to a noun or adjective that means X to create a verb that means "to make X" or "to do X"
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Compare German -en, Dutch -en.
SuffixEdit
־ן • (-n)
- A plural marker for regular nouns not ending in an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel.
See alsoEdit
- ־ס (-s)
Etymology 3Edit
A merger of the nasal inflectional endings of nouns and adjectives of Middle High German: -en, -em.
SuffixEdit
־ן • (-n)
- Used to indicate the dative and accusative in the masculine form of adjectives and masculine declined nouns, and the dative in the neuter form of adjectives and feminine declined nouns.
Etymology 4Edit
SuffixEdit
־ן • (-n) m, plural ־נים (-onem)
- Used to form nouns denoting people of a certain profession or who perform certain habitual actions.
Etymology 5Edit
SuffixEdit
־ן • (-n)
- Regular termination of the first-person plural present indicative form of verbs.
- Regular termination of the third-person plural present indicative form of verbs.