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Old English · suffix

-ian

Part of speech: suffix
Verb class: weak class 2 Anglian
IPA: /i.ɑn/
Syllables: i · ɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: -ee -y -en forms

Meaning

Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	-iġe -iu	-ode -ade
2nd singular	-ast -as	-odest -ades
3rd singular	-aþ	-ode -ade
Plural	-iaþ	-odon
Subjunctive
Singular	-iġe	-ode -ade
Plural	-iġen -iaþ	-oden -adun -adon -aden

Non-finite forms of -ian
	Form
Infinitive	-ian
Inflected infinitive	-ienne -ian -ianne
Imperative singular	-a
Imperative plural	-iaþ
Present participle	-iende
Past participle	-od -ad

All forms (23)

-iġe
-iu
-ode
-ade
-ast
-as
-odest
-ades
-aþ
-iaþ
-odon
-iġen
-oden
-adun
-adon
-aden
-ian
-ienne
-ianne
-a
-iende
-od
-ad

Etymology

By syncope from earlier *-ōjan, a northern Ingvaeonic innovated form of Proto-West Germanic *-ōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną.

Descendants

-ee, -en, -y

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