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-acán
-acán
Old Irish
Suffix
-acán m
- A double diminutive, used to derive nouns, both common and proper, from adjectives and other nouns.
Usage notes
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -ecán.
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-ac%C3%A1n'>Old Irish words suffixed with -acán</a>