-ans

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian -anss, from Old Radestrian -ænss, inherited from Proto-Radic *-ænhs, from Proto-Hirdic *-ǽnṯəs, from Proto-Laenkean *-ǽntæs. Cognate with Riyan -âs and Laefevian -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ans/ [-ãˑs]

Suffix

-ans inan (countable and uncountable, genitive singular -eng, nominative plural -ange, constructive genitive plural -anjes, compound form -an-, -ang-, relational adjective -enjeș)-ans

1. forms collective nouns

   hnír (“soldier”) → hneans (“army”)

   hņai (“child”) → hņojans (“children”)

   strás (“flower”) → strágans (“flowers, bouquet”)

2. (uncountable, deadjectival) creates state nouns, -ness, -ty

   rúívíș (“diploid”) → rúívíșans (“diploidy”)

   úledyș (“unsafe”) → úledyșans (“hazard”)

   vanciș (“ill”) → vancișans (“illness”)

Usage notes

• The resulting noun is always inanimate, regardless of the animacy of the base noun.
• This suffix causes palatalisation of velar stems.
• When added to the suffix -ai, the resulting ending is -ojans.

Declension

Declension of -ans (spirant)
		singular	plural
nominative		-ans /-ans/	-ange /-aŋɡɛ/
vocative		-anse /-ansɛ/
genitive	proper	-eng /-ɛŋɡ/	-anjeris /-anjɛris/
	constructive		-anjes /-anjɛs/
dative		-anga /-aŋɡa/	-anjerín /-anjɛriːn/
accusative		-and /-and/	-anjerid /-anjɛrid/
instrumental		-angúr /-aŋɡuːr/	-anjeríe /-anjɛriːɛ/

Derived terms

▶ Radestrian terms suffixed with -ans

Translations

collective derivation

Laefevian: -ent Riyan: -âs