-un
See also: Appendix:Variations of "un"
Finnish
Etymology
See -Vn (illative suffix).
Icelandic
Etymology
U-mutated variant of -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏn/
Suffix
-un f
Derived terms
Icelandic terms suffixed with -un
Ngarrindjeri
Suffix
-un
- Suffix denoting present tense.
Old Norse
Etymology
Variant of -an f, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz. Unlike "-an", "-un" is affected by u-umlaut in the nominative, accusative and dative singular forms.
Suffix
-un f
- (deverbative suffix) Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs.
Declension
Derived terms
Old Norse terms suffixed with -un
Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /un/
- Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: un
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -un
Further reading
- -un in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Common Turkic *-ï-ŋ.
Suffix
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
- An epenthetic variant of -n (the suffixation of the second-person singular possession), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
Usage notes
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
- burun → burnun
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Uğur → Uğur'un
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ـِڭ (-ïŋ), from Common Turkic *-nïŋ. Final -ŋ had been coronalised to -n and initial -n- had been dropped apparently to avoid cluster.
Compare with Azerbaijani -un, Kazakh -ның (-nyñ) / -дың (-dyñ) / -тың (-tyñ), Tuvan -нуң (-nuñ) / -дуң (-duñ) / -туң (-tuñ), etc.
Suffix
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
Usage notes
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
- burun → burnun
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Uğur → Uğur'un
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