Eastern Mari

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ан (-an)

  1. forms adjectives from nouns
    ӱп (üp, hair) + ‎-ан (-an) → ‎ӱпан (üpan, -haired)

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Macedonian

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Suffix

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-ан (-anm

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠤᠨ
(-un)
-ан
(-an)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ан (-an)

  1. Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), г (g), д (d), з (z), к (k), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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  • (-n)stems ending in a vowel
  • -ин (-in)stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-а́н (-án)

  1. (colloquial) added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring/coloring
    друг (drug, friend) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎друга́н (drugán, friend, mate) (familiar)
    стари́к (starík, old man) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎старика́н (starikán, old man) (colloquial, familiar)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

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-ан (Latin spelling -an)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

Suffix

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-ан (Latin spelling -an)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.

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