־ן

See also: ן, ן׳, and נ

־ן - Hebrew

Alternative forms

  • ־תן (after some words ending with ־ה/־ת)

Suffix

־ָן (-án)

  1. -er: forming nouns denoting one with a certain characteristic.
    1. With the characteristic being a behavior or personality trait.
      • מציקןm'tsikána bully
      • מעתיקןma'atikána copycat
      • לאומןl'umánan ultranationalist
    2. With the characteristic being a discriminator.
      • גזעןgiz'ána racist
      • גילןgilánan ageist
    3. With the characteristic being a profession or other activity.
      • פרווןparvána furrier
      • יהלומןyahalomána diamantaire
      • משפיעןmashpiána [social media] influencer
    4. With the characteristic being something else.
      • צבעןtsiv'ána pigment
      • תיקןtikána cockroach
  2. -ium: forming names of chemical elements.
    • צורןtsoránsilicon
    • סידןsidáncalcium

Derived terms

  • דאגן (da'agán, a worry wart)
  • מציקן (m'thikán, a bully)
  • גזען (giz'án, a racist)
  • גילן (gilán, a ableist)
  • סוגן (sugán, a specieist)
  • דַּגְלָן (daglán, a flag-bearer)
  • יחצן (yakhtsán, a publicist)
  • כדורגלן (kaduraglán, a football (soccer) player)
  • כדורסלן (kadursalán, a basketball player)
  • ליצן (leitsán, a clown)
  • מדען (mad'án, a scientist)
  • סַפְרָן (safrán, a librarian)
  • צבען (tsiv'án, a pigment)
  • תיקן (tikán, a cockroach)

־ן - Mozarabic

Pronoun

־ן (n)

  1. of that, of him, of her

Notes

Corriente takes ⟨n⟩ to represent a Mozarabic en. His translation also depends on interpreting ⟨šbdy⟩ as a textual corruption for *⟨šbry⟩, hence Mozarabic *šabréy 'I will know [how]'.

־ן - Yiddish

Suffix

־ן (-n)

  1. The infinitive marker for verbs, which can be appended to a noun or adjective that means X to create a verb that means "to make X" or "to do X"

Derived terms

Yiddish terms suffixed with ־ן

Suffix

־ן (-n)

  1. A plural marker for regular nouns not ending in an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel.

Suffix

־ן (-n)

  1. Used to indicate the dative and accusative in the masculine form of adjectives and masculine declined nouns, and the dative in the neuter form of adjectives and feminine declined nouns.

Suffix

־ן (-n) m, plural ־נים (-onem)

  1. Used to form nouns denoting people of a certain profession or who perform certain habitual actions.

Suffix

־ן (-n)

  1. Regular termination of the first-person plural present indicative form of verbs.
  2. Regular termination of the third-person plural present indicative form of verbs.
Meaning and Definition of ־ן
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