-ijenn
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Breton -ien.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ijenn
- -ity, -ness
- start + -ijenn = startijenn
- teñval (“dark”) + -ijenn = teñvalijenn (“darkness”)
References edit
- ^ J. R. F. Piette, French loanwords in Middle Breton (1973), page 12: Thus the modern suffix -ijenn in such words as yenijenn [...] represents MB. -ien: yenien [...]