"-an" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "-án"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish -án",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-an m",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cailean, Eòghan, Ailean, Beathan"
        },
        {
          "text": "clàran, clachan, bioran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A masculine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something, often used for male given names."
      ],
      "id": "en--an-gd-suffix-RtiQQ8Uv",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "given name",
          "given name#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/an/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-an"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "-anna"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish -anna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "-yn"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx -yn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate to Irish -anna, Manx -yn.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "suffix",
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        "g": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "-an pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "clach (“stone”) + -an → clachan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "damh (“ox, stag”) + -an → damhan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "leannan (“lover, sweetheart”) + -an → leannanan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form regular plurals of nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--an-gd-suffix-weQdwA0d",
      "links": [
        [
          "regular",
          "regular#English"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-an"
}

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    "Scottish Gaelic inflectional suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic pluralia tantum",
    "Scottish Gaelic suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Primitive Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-án"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish -án",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cailean, Eòghan, Ailean, Beathan"
        },
        {
          "text": "clàran, clachan, bioran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A masculine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something, often used for male given names."
      ],
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        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "given name",
          "given name#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/an/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-an"
}

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    "Scottish Gaelic inflectional suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic pluralia tantum",
    "Scottish Gaelic suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "-anna"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish -anna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "-yn"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx -yn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate to Irish -anna, Manx -yn.",
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    {
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        "2": "suffix",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "clach (“stone”) + -an → clachan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "damh (“ox, stag”) + -an → damhan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "leannan (“lover, sweetheart”) + -an → leannanan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form regular plurals of nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regular",
          "regular#English"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-an"
}