-аан

See also: аан and ааӈ

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)

  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.

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -аан
back vowelfront vowel
unrounded-аан (-aan)-ээн (-een)
rounded-оон (-oon)-өөн (-öön)
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