-un

See also: Appendix:Variations of "un"

Chuukese

Suffix

-un

1. of

Synonyms

• -en

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 (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -unar, no plural)

1. forms nouns from verbs (generally class 4 weak verbs) denoting the action or state described by the verb

   ‎þróa (“to develop”) + ‎-un → ‎þróun (“development”)

   ‎hafna (“to reject”) + ‎-un → ‎höfnun (“rejection”)

Declension

Declension of -un (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	-un	-unin
accusative	-un	-unina
dative	-un	-uninni
genitive	-unar	-unarinnar

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

  Declension of -un (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-un	-unin	-anir	-anirnar
accusative	-un	-unina	-anir	-anirnar
dative	-un	-uninni	-unum	-ununum
genitive	-anar	-anarinnar	-ana	-ananna

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: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-un m

1. forms masculine nouns

   ‎bieg + ‎-un → ‎biegun

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".

  grup → grubun

  burç → burcun

  umut → umudun

  çocuk → çocuğun

• 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)

1. Variant of -nun (suffix forming genitive), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel

   ‎okul (“school”) + ‎-un → ‎okulun (“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".

  grup → grubun

  burç → burcun

  umut → umudun

  çocuk → çocuğun

• 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