-лан

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Chuvash

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish -lan.

Suffix

-лан • (-lan) (front vowel variant -лен)

  1. Forms denominal or deadjectival verbs with meaning of ‘to acquire the quality of X’
    ‎вӑй (văj, “strength”) + ‎-лан (-lan) → ‎вӑйлан (văjlan, “to become stronger”)
    ‎шик (šik, “fear”) + ‎-лан (-lan) → ‎шиклен (šiklen, “to fear”)
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