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'''-män''' ''m'' or ''f'' (''dative'' '''-mäni''', ''feminine'' '''-män''' ''or'' '''-mänin''') | '''-män''' ''m'' or ''f'' (''dative'' '''-mäni''', ''feminine'' '''-män''' ''or'' '''-mänin''') | ||
# A suffix for deriving indefinite pronouns | # A suffix for deriving indefinite pronouns | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|ål}}'' ("all") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|älmän}}}} ("anyone; everyone") | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|nii}}'' ("not") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|nimän}}}} ("no one") | ||
# A suffix for deriving some agent nouns mostly from nouns | # A suffix for deriving some agent nouns mostly from nouns | ||
#: <small>Synonym:</small> {{c|-äär}} | #: <small>Synonym:</small> {{c|-äär}} | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|plågg}}'' ("clothing") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|pläggmän}}}} ("clothier, tailor") | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|wůn}}'' ("car; carriage") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|wäinmän}}}} ("driver") | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|smið}}'' ("smith ''(obsolete)''") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|smiðmän}}}} ("smith") | ||
# A suffix for deriving epicene or unisex nouns | # A suffix for deriving epicene or unisex nouns | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|friþil}}'' ("spouce ''(dated)''") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|friþmän}}}} ("spouce; partner") | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|bojoo}}'' ("boy; younger brother") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|böjmän}}}} ("younger sibling") | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|{{c|fjänx}}'' ("enemy ''(masc.)''") + '''''-män''''' → ''{{c|fjändmän}}'' ("enemy ''(epi.)}}") | ||
====Usage Notes==== | ====Usage Notes==== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 7 May 2026
Cleepoyish
Etymology
From Old Cleepoyish -mæn, -mꜵn, from suffixed use of obsolete mꜵnn, mꜵnnoo, from Proto-Lesionic *mannō, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-män m or f (dative -mäni, feminine -män or -mänin)
- A suffix for deriving indefinite pronouns
- A suffix for deriving some agent nouns mostly from nouns
- A suffix for deriving epicene or unisex nouns
Usage Notes
- 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.
Inflection
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative/Accusative | -män | -mäniz |
|---|---|---|
| Dative | -mäni | -mänom |