-an

Etymology
From, regularly , , , from , , or before i, (modern 🇨🇬, , feminine , ), from  (feminine ), which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun, being  [cognate with 🇨🇬] preceded by a vowel, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare with,.

Suffix

 * 1) Of or pertaining to;.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: -an, -á
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: -an-
 * Interlingua: -an
 * Italian:
 * Latin: -ānus
 * Portuguese:, , -ana
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: -sk, ,


 * Hungarian:, , -ikus
 * Interlingua: -ano, -ana

Etymology
From, from , from.

Suffix

 * 1) a place where a large quantity of the thing meant by the root is put, planted, or can be found
 * 2) a place where the action expressed by the root is performed
 * 1) a place where the action expressed by the root is performed

Etymology
From, from , from.

Suffix

 * 1) ; to do at, in, on a place
 * 2) ; to do at, towards someone
 * 3) ; to do to a part of something
 * 4) ; to do something for someone/something else
 * 5) ; to do because of, due to
 * 6)  to consider something as
 * 7)  to put something on someone; to give someone
 * 1) ; to do because of, due to
 * 2)  to consider something as
 * 3)  to put something on someone; to give someone
 * 1)  to consider something as
 * 2)  to put something on someone; to give someone
 * 1)  to put something on someone; to give someone

Suffix

 * 1)  ; -ful
 * 2)  ; -ly
 * 1)  ; -ly
 * 1)  ; -ly

Suffix

 * 1)  his, hers, its

Etymology
From, a merger of various terminations in reflecting different conjugational patterns, namely , ,  , and , from , , , , and. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Etymology
, from.

Etymology 1
From earlier, , from , , the same as the third-person singular possessive suffix (see the possessive suffix entry on ). Initial is from the passive marker.

Usage notes
Attached to the passive verb stem.

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology 3
See.

Usage notes
See the usage notes under and.

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to some back-vowel words
 *  is added to back-vowel words
 *  is added to front-vowel words

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Suffix

 * 1) ; -s
 * 2)  -s;
 * 3) -ly, specifying time intervals, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
 * 1) ; -s
 * 2)  -s;
 * 3) -ly, specifying time intervals, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
 * 1) ; -s
 * 2)  -s;
 * 3) -ly, specifying time intervals, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
 * 1)  -s;
 * 2) -ly, specifying time intervals, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
 * 1) -ly, specifying time intervals, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".

Etymology 2
.

Suffix

 * 1)  to use of [base]
 * 2)  to hold or to have [base]
 * 3)  to do as indicated by the [base]
 * 4)  the location of [base]
 * 5)  the cost of [base]
 * 6)  [base]-usage
 * 7)  event of [base]
 * 1)  the location of [base]
 * 2)  the cost of [base]
 * 3)  [base]-usage
 * 4)  event of [base]
 * 1)  the cost of [base]
 * 2)  [base]-usage
 * 3)  event of [base]
 * 1)  event of [base]
 * 1)  event of [base]

Etymology 3
.

Suffix

 * 1)  suffering of [base]

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
From, from.

Suffix

 * 1) Used to form stative verbs from nouns

Final

 * 1) be in a state or condition

Usage notes
As the suffix denoting the second-person singular imperative form, -an also acts as the class marker for unmarked (-am theme) transitive inanimate verbs (vti).

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Etymology
.

Etymology 1
Presumably from.

Etymology 2
, from.

Etymology
From.

Suffix

 * 1) Third person plural suffix

Suffix

 * 1)  -ate,

Declension
Inanimate declension:

Animate declension:

Etymology 1
.

Usage notes
For the countries that end in -ia, the plural form of the suffix is -ieni when masculine and -iene when feminine/neuter.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Usage notes
The non-schwa clear vowel distinguishes this from the homograph plural suffix  which is pronounced  i.e. with a schwa.

Etymology 2
Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
.

Etymology 1
From, the third-person plural present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.

Etymology 2
From, , and , the third-person plural present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
Ultimately from.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Suffix

 * : to do something to a person or a thing
 * : to cause something to become; to make
 * : to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of
 * : to do something for
 * : to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
 * : to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
 * : to perform the action of the verb on something
 * : to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
 * : to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
 * : to perform the action of the verb on something
 * : to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
 * : to perform the action of the verb on something
 * : to perform the action of the verb on something

Usage notes

 * Normally, is inserted before -an when a root word ending with a vowel is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and  becomes.
 * Sometimes, the final vowel of the root word disappears when the suffix is added.
 * Due to allophony, turns into  when inserted before -an.
 * Sometimes, the final vowel of the root word disappears when the suffix is added.
 * Due to allophony, turns into  when inserted before -an.
 * Due to allophony, turns into  when inserted before -an.
 * Due to allophony, turns into  when inserted before -an.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Suffix

 * 1) Creates non-past participles.

Etymology 1
From.

Suffix

 * , -let