-agán

See also: agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, and ägan

Irish

Alternative forms
  • -eagán (slender variant)

Etymology

From Old Irish -acán, equivalent to -óg +‎ -án.

Suffix

-agán m

  1. A suffix used to derives instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Irish.

Usage notes
  • This affix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension.

Declension
Declension of -agán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -agán -agáin
Vocative a -agáin a -agána
Genitive -agáin -agán
Dative -agán -agáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -agán na -agáin
Genitive an -agáin na -agán
Dative leis an -agán

don -agán

 leis na -agáin

Derived terms
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