amcan

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• amkan — Western Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مكان (mkān).

Noun

amcan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵛⴰⵏ, plural imucan)

1. place, location, site

Declension

Inflection of amcan

	singular	plural
free state	amcan	imucan
construct state	umcan	yimucan

Welsh

Etymology

Equivalent to am- +‎ an element derived from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamkan/

Noun

amcan m (plural amcanion)

1. idea, notion, guess
2. intention, purpose, objective

   Synonyms: bwriad, diben, targed

Derived terms

• amcangyfrif (“estimate”)
• amcanu (“to intend”)
• amcanus (“skillful, likely, purposed”)
• ar amcan (“at random”)
• brasamcan (“approximation”)
• diamcan (“purposeless”)
• ffwythiant amcan (“objective function”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amcan

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amcan	unchanged	unchanged	hamcan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amcan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies