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Meaning of -an | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. forms verbal nouns
  2. A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns and adjectives.
  3. -ane

Equivalents

Bosanski -aš -e -ina -iš -je -ек -ок
Cymraeg -cyn -ig -os
Deutsch -chen -erl -lein
English -ling
Español -illa -illo -ita -ito
Eesti -kene -lane
Suomi -lainen -nen
Français -et -ette -in -ine
Gaeilge -in -óg
Galego -iño
Hrvatski -aš -e -ina -iš -je -ек -ок
Italiano -ella -ello -etta -etto -ina -ino
日本語
Kurdî -el -êt -în -ino -îş
Nederlands -je -ling -pje -tje
Polski -e
Português -inho
Română -aș -el -șor -uș -uț
Русский -ёк -ёнок -ок -онок
Српски -aš -e -ina -iš -je -ек -ок
Svenska -is
Українська -енько -еня́ -очок

Examples

“bocht (“poor”) + -án → bochtán (“pauper”)”

CEFR level

C2
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