ان

العربية

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Cognate to Hebrew ־ן

suffix ـَان · -ān

morpheme Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʕbān, “tired”), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, “angry”), زَعْلَان (zaʕlān, “annoyed”), كَسْلَان (kaslān, “lazy”), نَعْسَان (naʕsān, “drowsy”). These adjectives generally have a feminine in َـى (-ā), e.g. عَطْشَى (ʕaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَعْسَى (naʕsā).

interfix َـانـ · -ān-

morpheme Interfix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ـِيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, “selfish”), based on أَنَا (ʔanā) or عَالَمَانِيّ (ʕālamāniyy, “worldly, secular”), based on عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

suffix ـَانِ · -āni · ـَيْنِ · ـَا · ـَيْ

morpheme Suffix added to a noun or adjective to form the dual form. مُعَلِّم (muʕallim, “teacher”) + ـَانِ (-āni) → مُعَلِّمَانِ (muʕallimāni, “two teachers”)

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-s regular plurals of nouns

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}