-un
Chuukese edit
Suffix edit
-un
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
See -Vn (illative suffix).
Suffix edit
-un
- Suffix variant for the illative singular: see -Vn.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
U-mutated variant of -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-un f
- Forms nouns from verbs (generally class 4 weak verbs) denoting the action or state described by the verb
Derived terms edit
Ngarrindjeri edit
Suffix edit
-un
- Suffix denoting present tense.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Variant of -an f, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz. Unlike "-an", "-un" is affected by u-umlaut in the nominative, accusative and dative singular forms.
Suffix edit
-un f
- (deverbative suffix) Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Cognate with Russian -ун (-un).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-un m
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- -un in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Common Turkic *-ï-ŋ.
Suffix edit
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
- An epenthetic variant of -n (the suffixation of the second-person singular possession), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
Usage notes edit
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish ـِڭ (-ïŋ), from Common Turkic *-nïŋ. Final -ŋ had been coronalised to -n and initial -n- had been dropped apparently to avoid cluster.
Compare with Azerbaijani -un, Kazakh -ның (-nyñ) / -дың (-dyñ) / -тың (-tyñ), Tuvan -нуң (-nuñ) / -дуң (-duñ) / -туң (-tuñ), etc.
Suffix edit
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
- Variant of -nun (suffix forming genitive), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
Usage notes edit
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.