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Meaning of -an | Babel Free

Phrase

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.
  2. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.

Equivalents

العربية ـِي
Català -a
Čeština -ní -ský
Cymraeg -ad -aeth -cyn -iaeth -ig -os
Deutsch -an -at -chen -erl -isch -lein
English -an -an -ane -ate -ate -er -ing -ish -ling -ly -s -s in one's to
Esperanto -ulo
Español -ada -ado -ano -ato -illa -illo -ita -ito
Eesti -kene -lane
Français -an -ane -ane -at -ate -âtre -et -ette -in -ine -s
Gaeilge -áit -in -óg
Galego -ada -iño
हिन्दी -ईय
Magyar -an -ász -at -ész -i -ikus -s
Bahasa Indonesia -ana
Italiano -ano -ella -ello -etta -etto -ina -ino
日本語
Latina -anus -ātus
Bahasa Melayu -ana -at
Nederlands -aan -je -ling -pje -tje
Polski -e
Português -ada -ado -ana -ano -ão -ato -inho -s
Română -aș -el -șor -uș -uț
Русский -ан -ёк -ёнок -ок -онок
Српски -a -ad -an -ana -aš -at -e -ina -iš -je -ni -ан -ат -ек -ок in to
Svenska -ad -an -ier -is -isk -sk -vis
Türkçe -at

Examples

“jad(iti) + -an → jadan (“miserable”)”

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