"־ן" meaning in Yiddish

See ־ן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -n [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German -en, a merger of various terminations in Old High German reflecting different conjugational patterns, namely -an, -ien, -on, -en, and -non, respectively from Proto-Germanic *-aną, *-janą, *-ōną, *-āną, and *-naną. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|-en}} Middle High German -en, {{inh|yi|goh|-}} Old High German, {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*-aną}} Proto-Germanic *-aną Head templates: {{head|yi|suffix}} ־ן • (-n)
  1. The infinitive marker for verbs, which can be appended to a noun or adjective that means X to create a verb that means "to make X" or "to do X" Tags: morpheme Synonyms: ־ען (-en) [often] Derived forms: ־עווען (-even)
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-CM3a7iua Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 5 5 14 12 12 11 5 6 11 10 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 9 10 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -n [romanization]
Etymology: Compare German -en, Dutch -en. Etymology templates: {{cog|de|-en}} German -en, {{cog|nl|-en}} Dutch -en Head templates: {{head|yi|suffix}} ־ן • (-n)
  1. A plural marker for regular nouns not ending in an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel. Tags: morpheme Related terms: ־ס (-s)
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-CoYSm5Lm Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 5 5 14 12 12 11 5 6 11 10 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 9 10 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Forms: -n [romanization]
Etymology: A merger of the nasal inflectional endings of nouns and adjectives of Middle High German: -en, -em. Etymology templates: {{der|yi|gmh|-}} Middle High German Head templates: {{head|yi|suffix}} ־ן • (-n)
  1. Used to indicate the dative and accusative in the masculine form of adjectives and masculine declined nouns, and the dative in the neuter form of adjectives and feminine declined nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-tvfscxPD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

Forms: -n [romanization], -onem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew ־ָן (-án). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|he|־ָן|tr=-án}} Hebrew ־ָן (-án) Head templates: {{head|yi|suffix|g=m}} ־ן • (-n) m
  1. Used to form nouns denoting people of a certain profession or who perform certain habitual actions. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-kmwWsR0i Categories (other): Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix

Forms: -n [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|yi|suffix}} ־ן • (-n)
  1. Regular termination of the first-person plural present indicative form of verbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-wA0Wfd4K Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 5 5 14 12 12 11 5 6 11 10 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 9 10 21 19
  2. Regular termination of the third-person plural present indicative form of verbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-־ן-yi-suffix-1MwnuxoQ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 5 5 14 12 12 11 5 6 11 10 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 9 10 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Alternative forms

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