Meaning of -an | Babel Free

Definitions

1. diminutive suffix, -let
   morpheme
2. verbnoun suffix
   morpheme
3. verb suffix for the third-person future plural
   colloquial, morpheme
4. person or object with characteristics of the root word
   morpheme
5. used to form pet names
   morpheme

Examples

“bwyell (“axe”) + -an → bwyellan (“small axe, hatchet”)”

“gwraig (“woman, wife”) + -an → gwreigan (“little woman, little wife”)”

“barf (“beard”) + -an → barfan (“little beard, goatee, whiskers”)”

“mud (“mute”) + -an → mudan (“mute person”)”

“llai (“grey”) + -an → lleian (“nun”)”

“crwm (“crooked, curved”) + -an → cryman (“sickle, pruning hook”)”

“Gwen + -an → Gwennan”

“Dai + -an → Deian”

“Elisabeth + -an → Bethan”

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