"-an" meaning in Finnish

See -an in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -än [front-vowel]
Etymology: From earlier -han, -hVn (now dialectal), from Proto-Finnic *-hën, *-sën (passive or reflexive suffix), the same as the third-person singular possessive suffix (see the possessive suffix entry on -Vn). Initial -ta- is from the passive marker *-tta-. Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-hën}} Proto-Finnic *-hën Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-än||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-An||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An), {{fi-suffix|var=än}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An)
  1. (personal) Forms the impersonal indicative present forms of verbs, appended to the first infinitive. Tags: morpheme, personal
    Sense id: en--an-fi-suffix-fmGWbXsd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -än [front-vowel]
Etymology: See -Vn (illative suffix). Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-än||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-An||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An), {{fi-suffix|var=än}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An)
  1. (case suffix) A suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-fi-suffix-yBEXSuzh Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup, Finnish possessive suffix variants, Finnish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 29 52 19 Disambiguation of Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 59 18 Disambiguation of Finnish possessive suffix variants: 12 51 37 Disambiguation of Finnish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 63 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Forms: -än [front-vowel]
Etymology: table See -Vn (possessive suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|possessive}} table Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-än||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-An||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An), {{fi-suffix|var=än}} -an (front vowel harmony variant -än, linguistic notation -An)
  1. (possessive) A variant for the third-person suffix -nsa. Tags: morpheme, possessive
    Sense id: en--an-fi-suffix-bVm2-X4g
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -an meaning in Finnish (4.9kB)

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