-án

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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-a (possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month) +‎ -n (on, superessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-án

  1. on the specified day of the month (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)
    február 16-ánon February 16th (literally, “on 16th of February”)
    augusztus másodikánon August the second

Usage notes

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  • Variants:
    -án — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 20th and 30th
    -én — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 11th, 21st, and 31st
    -jén — only after 1st of a month: elsején or 1-jén (the 2015 edition of the spelling regulations also allows -én for the latter[1])

See also

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish -án, Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

Suffix

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-án m

  1. A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
    Synonym: -achán
Usage notes
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This suffix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension. It was originally a diminutive, but in Modern Irish only a few words with this suffix can be considered diminutives.

Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-án m

  1. (chemistry) -ane
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Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish -án.

Suffix

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-án m (genitive -áin, plural -áin)

  1. diminutive suffix

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: -án

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).

Suffix

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-án m

  1. diminutive suffix

Usage notes

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After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -án -ánL -áinL
Vocative -áin -ánL -ánuH
Accusative -ánN -ánL -ánuH
Genitive -áinL -án -ánN
Dative -ánL -ánaib -ánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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