-ean
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ean"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin -ānus, following Latin stems ending in -e(us), -ē(us) (many from Ancient Greek -ηιος), or -æ(us) (many from -αιος).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ean
- Forms adjectives, usually from proper nouns.
Usage notes
[edit]- Almost all English words ending in "ean" are originally from Latin (Caesarean) or Greek (Euclidean). A few were later formed by adding -an to a stem or word ending in -ea (Korean), -es (Andean), or a silent -e (Boolean).
- Prescriptively, the suffix should be stressed if the word derives from a Latin stem ending in -ē(us) or -æ(us), and unstressed otherwise, but in practice in many words it has both pronunciations.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ.
Suffix
[edit]-ean m (feminine singular -eanã, masculine plural -eanj or -enj, feminine plural -eani or -eane)
- Forms adjectives and nouns indicating origin or place of birth (such as from a certain city or region).
- Pindu (“Pindus”) + -ean → pindean (“pindian”)
- Gramusti (“Grammos village”) + -ean → grãmustean (“Grammostian”)
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ѣнинъ (-ěninŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Might also be conflated with Latin -iānus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ean m or n (feminine singular -eană or -eancă, masculine plural -eni, feminine and neuter plural -ene or -eance)
- Forms adjectives and nouns indicating origin or place of birth (such as from a certain city or region), or occasionally nationality.
- Ardeal (“Transylvania”) + -ean → ardelean (“Transylvanian”)
- București (“Bucharest”) + -ean → bucureștean (“Bucharestian”)
Usage notes
[edit]-eancă is often used instead of -eană to form feminine nouns.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | -ean | -eană | -eni | -ene | |||
definite | -eanul | -eana | -enii | -enele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | -ean | -ene | -eni | -ene | |||
definite | -eanului | -enei | -enilor | -enelor |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ean
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