"-an" meaning in Slovak

See -an in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /an/, [an]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Slovak -an Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Etymology templates: {{ety|sk|:inh|sla-pro:*-ěninъ|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Slovak -an [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-inъ", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-ěninъ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Slovak", "term" : "-an", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sk" }" data-lang="sk" data-title="-an"> Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Head templates: {{head|sk|suffix|g=m-pr}} -an m pers Inflection templates: {{sk-ndecl|m-pr|pl=ia}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], singular, plural, nominative, -an, -ania, genitive, -ana, -anov, dative, -anovi, -anom, accusative, locative, -anoch, instrumental, -anmi
  1. suffix used to form masculine demonyms from the names of places (cities, countries, regions) Tags: masculine, morpheme, person
    Sense id: en--an-sk-suffix-y6VEK2Jb
  2. suffix used to form agent nouns from verbs, typically denoting a person characterized by excessive or negative behavior Tags: masculine, morpheme, person
    Sense id: en--an-sk-suffix-7pxAJmPZ Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Slovak entries with etymology texts, Slovak entries with etymology trees, Slovak entries with etymon, Slovak entries with incorrect language header, Slovak terms with declension chlap Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 10 4 4 7 2 3 4 8 13 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 5 5 4 9 3 5 4 Disambiguation of Slovak entries with etymology texts: 34 66 Disambiguation of Slovak entries with etymology trees: 34 66 Disambiguation of Slovak entries with etymon: 27 73 Disambiguation of Slovak entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Slovak terms with declension chlap: 37 63
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}

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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for instrumental",
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  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for -anom",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for -anmi",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Slovak dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.