Contionary:-män: Difference between revisions

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From Old Cleepoyish -mæn, -mꜵn, from suffixed use of obsolete mꜵnn, mꜵnnoo, from Proto-Lesionic *mannō, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

-män m or f (dative -mäni, feminine -män or -mänin)

A suffix for deriving indefinite pronouns
ål ("all") + -män → älmän ("anyone; everyone")

nii ("not") + -män → nimän ("no one")
A suffix for deriving some agent nouns mostly from nouns
Synonym: -äär

plågg ("clothing") + -män → pläggmän ("clothier, tailor")

wůn ("car; carriage") + -män → wäinmän ("driver")

smið ("smith (obsolete)") + -män → smiðmän ("smith")
A suffix for deriving epicene or unisex nouns
friþil ("spouce (dated)") + -män → friþmän ("spouce; partner")

bojoo ("boy; younger brother") + -män → böjmän ("younger sibling")

Danish hob ("crowd; common people") + -män → hų̈bmän ("common man; peasant")

Words using this suffix are epicene by nature, though due to the lack of a specifically masculine derivation, they may inherently bias towards a masculine gender.
Grammatically, words using this suffix are predominantly masculine, even with a non-masculine referent. Nevertheless, both masculine and feminine grammatical genders are officially accepted.
A specifically feminine sense can be formed from either declining the noun as grammatically feminine, or by using the feminine suffix -mänin instead.

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 #: <small>Synonym:</small> {{c|-äär}}
 #: ''{{c|plågg}}'' ("clothing") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|pläggmän}}'' ("clothier, tailor")
-#: ''{{c|wůn}}'' ("car; carriage") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|wäimän}}'' ("driver")
+#: ''{{c|wůn}}'' ("car; carriage") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|wäinmän}}'' ("driver")
 #: ''{{c|smið}}'' ("smith ''(obsolete)''") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|smiðmän}}'' ("smith")
 # A suffix for deriving epicene or unisex nouns