־ן
־ן - Hebrew
Alternative forms
- ־תן (after some words ending with ־ה/־ת)
Suffix
־ָן • (-án)
- -er: forming nouns denoting one with a certain characteristic.
- With the characteristic being a behavior or personality trait.
- מציקן ― m'tsikán ― a bully
- מעתיקן ― ma'atikán ― a copycat
- לאומן ― l'umán ― an ultranationalist
- With the characteristic being a discriminator.
- גזען ― giz'án ― a racist
- גילן ― gilán ― an ageist
- With the characteristic being a profession or other activity.
- פרוון ― parván ― a furrier
- יהלומן ― yahalomán ― a diamantaire
- משפיען ― mashpián ― a [social media] influencer
- With the characteristic being something else.
- צבען ― tsiv'án ― a pigment
- תיקן ― tikán ― a cockroach
- With the characteristic being a behavior or personality trait.
- -ium: forming names of chemical elements.
- צורן ― tsorán ― silicon
- סידן ― sidán ― calcium
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”)
- צבען (tsiv'án, “a pigment”)
- תיקן (tikán, “a cockroach”)
־ן - Mozarabic
Pronoun
־ן (n)
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)
- 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)
- A plural marker for regular nouns not ending in an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel.
Suffix
־ן • (-n)
- 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)
- Used to form nouns denoting people of a certain profession or who perform certain habitual actions.
Suffix
־ן • (-n)
- Regular termination of the first-person plural present indicative form of verbs.
- Regular termination of the third-person plural present indicative form of verbs.