"-n-" meaning in All languages combined

See -n- on Wiktionary

Interfix [Dutch]

Head templates: {{head|nl|interfix}} -n-
  1. Interfix used to link elements in some compounds, sometimes short for -en-. Often used for compounds whose first word is ending in a schwa (spelt with a final e). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--nl-interfix-TdpsGL8E Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch interfixes

Interfix [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|interfix}} -n-
  1. Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--en-interfix-plV-E7nT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English interfixes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English interfixes: 76 24
  2. (pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ner- Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en--n--en-interfix-gG8bnC8s Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -n

Interfix [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|interfix}} -n-
  1. Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--fr-interfix-kTsMosRY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French interfixes

Interfix [German]

Head templates: {{head|de|interfix}} -n-
  1. Genitival interfix indicating that the former part is a characteristic of the latter. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -en- Related terms: -s-, -es-
    Sense id: en--n--de-interfix-CmeW6~wv Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German interfixes

Infix [Latin]

Etymology templates: {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-né-}} Proto-Indo-European *-né- Head templates: {{head|la|infix}} -n-
  1. Infix used to denote an action (not lasting); becomes -m- in front of b, m, p Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--la-infix-4q~6BmXB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin infixes Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin infixes: 49 51
  2. Infix used to denote a lasting action; becomes -m- in front of b, m, p Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--la-infix-JrQ8v2xt Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin infixes Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin infixes: 49 51

Interfix [Navajo]

Head templates: {{head|nv|interfix}} -n-
  1. a consonant that often appears as a ligature between the elements of a compound word. It usually comes between a final nasal vowel (ą, ę, į, ǫ) and a suffix that begins with a vowel. The nasal vowel(s) lose the nasal mark when followed by -n. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ł-, -s-, -sh-

Suffix [Polabian]

Etymology: Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ. Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|pox|sla-pro||*-ьn-||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-ьn-, {{der+|pox|sla-pro||*-ьn-}} Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-, {{m|pox|glåvnĕ|glåvnĕ}} glåvnĕ, {{cog|sla-pro|*golvьnъ|*golvьnъ}} Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ Head templates: {{head|pox|suffix}} -n-
  1. forms adjectives from nouns Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -en-

Interfix [Portuguese]

IPA: /n/
Head templates: {{head|pt|interfix}} -n-
  1. used to connect a word that ends in a nasal vowel or nasal diphthong to a suffix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--pt-interfix-uMHthh9- Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese interfixes

Interfix [Tagalog]

IPA: /n/ [Standard-Tagalog], [n] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Etymology: From -ng (“enclitic suffix”). Etymology templates: {{m|tl|-ng|t=enclitic suffix}} -ng (“enclitic suffix”) Head templates: {{tl-head|interfix|b=+|nosuffix=1}} -n- (Baybayin spelling ᜈ᜔)
  1. Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter (d), (l), (r), (s), or (t). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--tl-interfix-zFAZyPnL Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog interfixes, Tagalog links with redundant target parameters, Tagalog links with redundant wikilinks, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Synonyms: -ng-, -g-, -m-, na, -ng, -g, -ng- (english: Default interfix for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel.), -g- (alt: n) (english: for compound with preceding stem ending with letter), -m- (english: for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel), but next stem starts with the letter (alt: b), . (alt: p)

Interfix [Turkish]

Head templates: {{head|tr|interfix}} -n-
  1. thematic consonant for the words that have one syllable and ending with vowel sound (su is an irregular word) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--tr-interfix-Pap9RN5B
  2. Thematic consonant between the third person possessive suffix -i and case endings. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--n--tr-interfix-R3MjWfDA Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header, Turkish interfixes Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Turkish interfixes: 17 83

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        },
        {
          "text": "bago + -n- + sakop + -in → bagunsakupin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "libo + -n- + taon → libuntaon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter (d), (l), (r), (s), or (t)."
      ],
      "id": "en--n--tl-interfix-zFAZyPnL",
      "links": [
        [
          "Compound",
          "compound word#English"
        ],
        [
          "interfix",
          "interfix#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel#English"
        ],
        [
          "d",
          "d#English"
        ],
        [
          "l",
          "l#English"
        ],
        [
          "r",
          "r#English"
        ],
        [
          "s",
          "s#English"
        ],
        [
          "t",
          "t#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ng-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-g-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-m-"
        },
        {
          "word": "na"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ng"
        },
        {
          "word": "-g"
        },
        {
          "english": "Default interfix for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel.",
          "word": "-ng-"
        },
        {
          "alt": "n",
          "english": "for compound with preceding stem ending with letter",
          "word": "-g-"
        },
        {
          "english": "for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel",
          "word": "-m-"
        },
        {
          "alt": "b",
          "word": "but next stem starts with the letter"
        },
        {
          "alt": "p",
          "word": "."
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "that (accusative), this (accusative), to/at/on/in/from this/that, it (accusative)/her/him, to/at/on/in/from it/her/him",
          "text": "onu, ona, bunu, buna, şunu, şuna, onda, bunda, şunda, ondan, bundan, şundan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thematic consonant for the words that have one syllable and ending with vowel sound (su is an irregular word)"
      ],
      "id": "en--n--tr-interfix-Pap9RN5B",
      "links": [
        [
          "su",
          "su"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish interfixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "from workplace, in the World War 1",
          "text": "iş yerinden, birinci dünya savaşında",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thematic consonant between the third person possessive suffix -i and case endings."
      ],
      "id": "en--n--tr-interfix-R3MjWfDA",
      "links": [
        [
          "-i",
          "-i#Turkish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch interfixes",
        "Dutch lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Interfix used to link elements in some compounds, sometimes short for -en-. Often used for compounds whose first word is ending in a schwa (spelt with a final e)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-en-",
          "-en-#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English interfixes",
    "English lemmas"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-n"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Panamanian, Torontonian"
        },
        {
          "text": "Shanghainese, Balinese"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ian",
          "-ian#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ese",
          "-ese#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ner-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Pharmaceutical drugs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ner-."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "-ner-",
          "-ner-#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French interfixes",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "javanais ― Javanese",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-s-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-es-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German interfixes",
        "German lemmas"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Dose (“can”) + -n- + Öffner (“opener”) → Dosenöffner (“can opener”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tasche (“pocket”) + -n- + Uhr (“clock”) → Taschenuhr (“pocket watch”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Genitival interfix indicating that the former part is a characteristic of the latter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-en-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin infixes",
    "Latin lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-né-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-né-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "infix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "infix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "accubō (“I lie”) + -n- → accumbō (“I recline, lie down”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Infix used to denote an action (not lasting); becomes -m- in front of b, m, p"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "iugō (“I tie”) + -n- → iungō (“I tie for a long time”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "coniugō (“I tie firmly”) + -n- → coniungō (“I tie firmly for a long time”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Infix used to denote a lasting action; becomes -m- in front of b, m, p"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ł-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-s-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sh-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "Navajo interfixes",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo ligatures",
        "Navajo terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "łeesʼáán = łeezh + siʼą́ + -n- + -í"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a consonant that often appears as a ligature between the elements of a compound word. It usually comes between a final nasal vowel (ą, ę, į, ǫ) and a suffix that begins with a vowel. The nasal vowel(s) lose the nasal mark when followed by -n."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consonant",
          "consonant#English"
        ],
        [
          "ligature",
          "ligature#English"
        ],
        [
          "ą",
          "ą#Navajo"
        ],
        [
          "ę",
          "ę#Navajo"
        ],
        [
          "į",
          "į#Navajo"
        ],
        [
          "ǫ",
          "ǫ#Navajo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "Derived"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pox",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-ьn-",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ьn-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pox",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-ьn-"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-",
      "name": "der+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pox",
        "2": "glåvnĕ",
        "3": "glåvnĕ"
      },
      "expansion": "glåvnĕ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*golvьnъ",
        "3": "*golvьnъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pox",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polabian",
  "lang_code": "pox",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polabian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Polabian lemmas",
        "Polabian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Polabian suffixes",
        "Polabian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Proto-Slavic links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "glåvă + -n- → glåvnĕ"
        },
        {
          "text": "trai̯vă̯ + -n- → trai̯vnĕ"
        },
        {
          "text": "lai̯cår + -n- → lai̯cernĕ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms adjectives from nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-en-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese interfixes",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "canção (“song”) + -n- + -eiro → cancioneiro (“songbook”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "capim (“wild grass”) + -n- + -ar → capinar (“to remove weeds”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to connect a word that ends in a nasal vowel or nasal diphthong to a suffix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "-ng",
        "t": "enclitic suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ng (“enclitic suffix”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -ng (“enclitic suffix”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interfix",
        "b": "+",
        "nosuffix": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-n- (Baybayin spelling ᜈ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-n-"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog interfixes",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog links with redundant target parameters",
        "Tagalog links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "isa + -n- + daan → sandaan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "labi + -n- + lima → labinlima",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "bago + -n- + sakop + -in → bagunsakupin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "libo + -n- + taon → libuntaon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter (d), (l), (r), (s), or (t)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Compound",
          "compound word#English"
        ],
        [
          "interfix",
          "interfix#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel#English"
        ],
        [
          "d",
          "d#English"
        ],
        [
          "l",
          "l#English"
        ],
        [
          "r",
          "r#English"
        ],
        [
          "s",
          "s#English"
        ],
        [
          "t",
          "t#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ng-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-g-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-m-"
        },
        {
          "word": "na"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ng"
        },
        {
          "word": "-g"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Default interfix for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel.",
      "word": "-ng-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "n",
      "english": "for compound with preceding stem ending with letter",
      "word": "-g-"
    },
    {
      "english": "for compound with preceding stem ending in a vowel",
      "word": "-m-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "b",
      "word": "but next stem starts with the letter"
    },
    {
      "alt": "p",
      "word": "."
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish interfixes",
    "Turkish lemmas"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "interfix"
      },
      "expansion": "-n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "interfix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Turkish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "that (accusative), this (accusative), to/at/on/in/from this/that, it (accusative)/her/him, to/at/on/in/from it/her/him",
          "text": "onu, ona, bunu, buna, şunu, şuna, onda, bunda, şunda, ondan, bundan, şundan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thematic consonant for the words that have one syllable and ending with vowel sound (su is an irregular word)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "su",
          "su"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Turkish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "from workplace, in the World War 1",
          "text": "iş yerinden, birinci dünya savaşında",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thematic consonant between the third person possessive suffix -i and case endings."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-i",
          "-i#Turkish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-n-"
}

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