"-án" meaning in Irish

See -án in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|-án}} Middle Irish -án, {{inh|ga|sga|-án}} Old Irish -án, {{inh|ga|pgl|-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ}} Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni) Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|g=m|g2=}} -án m, {{ga-suffix|n|m}} -án m Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -án [indefinite, nominative, singular], -áin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a -áin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a -ána [indefinite, plural, vocative], -áin [genitive, indefinite, singular], -án [genitive, indefinite, plural], -án [dative, indefinite, singular], -áin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an -án [definite, nominative, singular], na -áin [definite, nominative, plural], an -áin [definite, genitive, singular], na -án [definite, genitive, plural], leis an -án [dative, definite, singular], don -án [dative, definite, singular], leis na -áin [dative, definite, plural], -eán [alternative]
  1. A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns. Tags: masculine, morpheme Synonyms: -achán
    Sense id: en--án-ga-suffix-0LpKK1jo Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|g=m|g2=}} -án m, {{ga-suffix|n|m}} -án m Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -án [indefinite, nominative, singular], -áin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a -áin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a -ána [indefinite, plural, vocative], -áin [genitive, indefinite, singular], -án [genitive, indefinite, plural], -án [dative, indefinite, singular], -áin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an -án [definite, nominative, singular], na -áin [definite, nominative, plural], an -áin [definite, genitive, singular], na -án [definite, genitive, plural], leis an -án [dative, definite, singular], don -án [dative, definite, singular], leis na -áin [dative, definite, plural], -eán [alternative]
  1. (chemistry) -ane Tags: masculine, morpheme Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en--án-ga-suffix-AAWGmmmz Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "na -án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "don -án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "-áin",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "a -áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a -ána",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "-áin",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-án",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "-án",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "an -án",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -áin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an -án",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don -án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -áin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "-án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-án",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-áin",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -án",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -áin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -án",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an -án",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don -án",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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  "lang_code": "ga",
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        "natural-sciences",
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  ],
  "word": "-án"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.