-аан

Mongolian

Alternative forms
  • (after vowel stems) -гаан (-gaan), -гаа (-gaa)
  • -аа (-aa)
  • -га (-ga)

Etymology

Possibly from the participle suffix -аа (-aa).

Suffix

-аан • (-aan) (complying with vowel harmony)

  1. forms nouns with unpredictable semantics out of verbs
Usage notes
  • In majority of the words formed using this suffix, the final н (n) is missing in the nominative but re-appears in the declension.
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