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Old English · suffix

-nian

Part of speech: suffix
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ni.ɑn/
Syllables: ni · ɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: -en applied

Meaning

suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form verbs

lǣċe (“physician, doctor”) + -nian → lācnian (“to heal”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	-niġe	-node
2nd singular	-nast	-nodest
3rd singular	-naþ	-node
Plural	-niaþ	-nodon
Subjunctive
Singular	-niġe	-node
Plural	-niġen	-noden

Non-finite forms of -nian
	Form
Infinitive	-nian
Inflected infinitive	-nienne
Imperative singular	-na
Imperative plural	-niaþ
Present participle	-niende
Past participle	-nod

All forms (14)

-niġe
-node
-nast
-nodest
-naþ
-niaþ
-nodon
-niġen
-noden
-nian
-nienne
-na
-niende
-nod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-inōn, from Proto-Germanic *-inōną. Compare Old Frisian -nia, Old Saxon -nōn, Old High German -inōn, Old Norse -na.

Descendants

-en

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