-and

See also: Appendix:Variations of "and"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing.

Alternative forms

• -ant, -nd, -on

Suffix

-and

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.

   livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand

2. (rare or no longer productive) A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.

   waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand

Etymology 2

From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.

Alternative forms

• -end

Suffix

-and

1. A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.

Synonyms

• (a patient): -end, -ee, -ed

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “a patient”): -er, -or, -ing

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -and

Anagrams

• -dan, ADN, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, dan, dna, nad

Hungarian

Etymology

From -amod / -emed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒnd]

Suffix

-and

2. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.

   csiklik (“to tickle”) (obsolete) → csikland (“to tickle”) (archaic or literary); compare current csiklandoz

4. (personal suffix, archaic) Added to a verb to form the future tense.

   fog (“to hold, to catch”) → fogand (“he/she/it will hold or catch”)

   áll (“to stand”) → álland (“he/she/it will stand”)

Usage notes

• (both senses) Variants:

  -and is added to back-vowel verbs

  -end is added to front-vowel verbs

Derived terms

• -andó

Ojibwe

Final

-and

1. act on by mouth

Derived terms

• anishinaabewanjige
• bedandan
• gizhaatabanjige
• giimoodandan
• maadandan
• minwanjige

 

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/and-final