-un

See also: Appendix:Variations of "un"

Chuukese

Suffix

-un

  1. of

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

See -Vn (illative suffix).

Suffix

-un

  1. Suffix variant for the illative singular: see -Vn.

Icelandic

Etymology

U-mutated variant of -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʏn/

Suffix

-un f

  1. Forms nouns from verbs (generally class 4 weak verbs) denoting the action or state described by the verb
    þróa (develop)þróun (development)
    hafna (reject)höfnun (rejection)

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -un

Ngarrindjeri

Suffix

-un

  1. 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

  1. (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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Cognate with Russian -ун (-un).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /un/
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification: un

Suffix

-un m

  1. forms masculine nouns
    bieg + -unbiegun

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)

  1. 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
    torun (grand child) + -un(senin) torunun (your grandchild)
    horoz (rooster) + -un(senin) horozun (your rooster)
Usage notes
  • If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
    grupgrubun
    burçburcun
    umutumudun
    çocukçocuğun
  • It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
    burunburnun
  • It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
    UğurUğur'un

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ـِڭ (-ïŋ), from Common Turkic *-nïŋ. Final 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)

  1. Variant of -nun (suffix forming genitive), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
    okul (school) + -unokulun (school’s, of school)
Usage notes
  • If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
    grupgrubun
    burçburcun
    umutumudun
    çocukçocuğun
  • It may cause the last vowel of the word to be dropped.
    burunburnun
  • It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
    UğurUğur'un
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