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Old English · suffix

-cian

Part of speech: suffix
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈki.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈki · ɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: -k jummock deverbal intensive -ock applied frequentative

Meaning

suffix applied to verbs and deverbal nouns to form other verbs with an intensive or frequentative force

Conjugation

Conjugation of -cian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	-ciġe	-code
2nd singular	-cast	-codest
3rd singular	-caþ	-code
Plural	-ciaþ	-codon
Subjunctive
Singular	-ciġe	-code
Plural	-ciġen	-coden

Non-finite forms of -cian
	Form
Infinitive	-cian
Inflected infinitive	-cienne
Imperative singular	-ca
Imperative plural	-ciaþ
Present participle	-ciende
Past participle	-cod

All forms (14)

-ciġe
-code
-cast
-codest
-caþ
-ciaþ
-codon
-ciġen
-coden
-cian
-cienne
-ca
-ciende
-cod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, *-ikōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną. Cognate with Old Frisian -kia, Old Saxon -akōn, Old High German -ichōn, Old Norse -ka.

Descendants

-k, -ock, jummock

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