# -án
## Hungarian
### Etymology

-a (possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month) +‎ -n (“on”, superessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aːn]
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Suffix

-án
* on the specified day of the month (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)
    február 16-án ― on February 16th (literally, “on 16th of February”)
    augusztus másodikán ― on August the second

#### Usage notes

* Variants:
    -án — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 20th and 30th
    -én — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 11th, 21st, and 31st
    -jén — only after 1st of a month: elsején or 1-jén (the 2015 edition of the spelling regulations also allows -én for the latter)

### See also

* Category:Hungarian ordinal numbers, also used for days of months when supplemented with a possessive suffix
* {{U:hu:num-odik}}, ordinal-number suffixes (“-th”)
* -a/-ja/-e/-je, possessive suffixes (“of”), see also its other suffixed forms at Declension

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* -eán (slender variant)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

#### Suffix

-án m
* A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns.
    Synonym: -achán

##### Usage notes

This suffix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension. It was originally a diminutive, but in Modern Irish only a few words with this suffix can be considered diminutives.

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
-án
-áin
vocative
a -áin
a -ána
genitive
-áin
-án
dative
-án
-áin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an -án
na -áin
genitive
an -áin
na -án
dative
leis an -án don -án
leis na -áin :

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-án m
* (chemistry) -ane

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
-án
-áin
vocative
a -áin
a -ána
genitive
-áin
-án
dative
-án
-áin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an -án
na -áin
genitive
an -áin
na -án
dative
leis an -án don -án
leis na -áin :

##### Derived terms
### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “-án”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish -án.

### Suffix

-án m (genitive -áin, plural -áin)
* diminutive suffix

#### Descendants

* Irish: -án

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* -én

### Etymology

From Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni, genitive).

### Suffix

-án m
* diminutive suffix

#### Usage notes

After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -én.

#### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | -án | -án$^L$ | -áin$^L$ |
| Vocative | -áin | -án$^L$ | -ánu$^H$ |
| Accusative | -án$^N$ | -án$^L$ | -ánu$^H$ |
| Genitive | -áin$^L$ | -án | -án$^N$ |
| Dative | -án$^L$ | -ánaib | -ánaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* -acán

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: -án
** Irish: -án
* Manx: -ane
* Scottish Gaelic: -an