-ian

== English == === Alternative forms === -an, -n === Etymology === From Latin -iānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ən/, /jən/ === Suffix === -ian (as an adjective) From, related to, or like. (as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like. (as a noun) Having a certain profession. ==== Usage notes ==== When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -ian, females -ienne. The plural is -ians (one magician, two magicians). When added to a word ending in a vowel, the infix -v- is inserted (Peruvian, Whovian), though this can be optional (Rousseauvian). ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ienne ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === nai, AIN, INA, Nia, Ani, Ain, NIA, ani, ain', ANI, Ina, nia, ain == Middle English == === Suffix === -ian alternative form of -ien (“-ian”) == Old English == === Etymology === By syncope from earlier *-ōjan, a northern Ingvaeonic innovated form of Proto-West Germanic *-ōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ɑn/ === Suffix === -ian Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. ==== Usage notes ==== Due to unstressed vowel reduction, the past tense forms -ode and -odon are often written with ⟨a⟩ and, less frequently, ⟨u⟩, leading to forms such as -ade, -adan, and -odun. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: -ien (Early Middle English or Kentish, Southern, or Southwest Midland)English: -y, -ee (dialectal, West Country) ⇒ Middle English: -en, -e, -yn (especially Norfolk), -n (after vowels)English: -en (obsolete)→ Middle Scots: -en, -in (literary, under Chaucerian influence) == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *-ijaną. === Suffix === -ian used to form the infinitive of class 1 weak verbs (as well as a few strong verbs also ending in -ian like biddian or liggian, and class 3 weak verbs) wekkian "to awake" (class 1 weak verbs) seggian "to say" (class 3 weak verbs) ==== Conjugation ==== == Swedish == === Suffix === -ian (as a noun) Denotes a follower of something. ==== Usage notes ==== Words having this suffix can have an additional suffix -ism for an idea (e.g. kantianism) and an additional suffix -sk to form an adjective (e.g. kantiansk). ==== Derived terms ==== == Welsh == === Alternative forms === -an === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jan/ === Suffix === -ian Forms verbnouns. ‎clawr (“board, surface”) + ‎-ian → ‎clorian (“to weigh”) ‎sgrech (“scream, screech”) + ‎-ian → ‎sgrechian (“to scream, to screech”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-ian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies